18-06-2026 02:05 via nanaimobulletin.com

B.C.’s medical specialist waitlists up 10%, and doctors say pressure is mounting

Nearly one-quarter of British Columbians are currently on waitlists to see medical specialists, and according to a new survey of B.C.’s doctors, that number is growing by 10 per cent each year with little relief in sight.
Meanwhile, because the province does not track specialist wait times province-wide, officials may understand a problem exists but lack data to fully measure it.
“People might think that the province has a sense of how long people are waiting for what service where,
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