Kudos to Drs Mitra, Pham, and Lavergne for promoting long-overdue transformation in Canadian primary care so there can be equitable access for everyone [BCMJ 2025;67:109-112]. Their description of the changes in the provision of primary care over the last 50 years is insightful. In this time of scarcity, the solution cannot be more doctors, more nurse practitioners, more nurses, more money, alone. It requires a refinement, selecting appropriate work for the doctor or nurse practitioner, and expansion of the portion of primary care demands being cared for by other members of a robust primary health care team so that patient panels can grow.
—Rick Potter-Cogan, CCFP
Comox

This letter was submitted in response to “Moving the dial on team-based care in British Columbia.”  [11]

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