NS Rolls out $10K Incentive for Doctors to Take on Sickest Patients From Wait List

Nova Scotia Health Minister Michelle Thompson speaks at a press briefing in Halifax on Sept. 29, 2021. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

Nova Scotia is offering doctors $10,000 to take 50 patients off the province’s registry of people waiting for family physicians.

The wait list has about 150,000 people seeking a primary care provider.