Doctors speak of pressure, fear colleagues will leave over Health P.E.I.’s new targets – CBC

Physician says they’re ‘already teetering on burnout and this will send us over the edge’

Jun 17, 2025

Family doctors on Prince Edward Island say new targets saying practices should maintain a caseload of at least 1,600 patients could lead to inadequate health care and drive some doctors out of the province.

Health P.E.I. recently introduced a new operational guide that also requires family doctors to see 24 patients a day, based on an average appointment being 15 minutes long. Financial penalties could be imposed if those objectives aren’t hit.

“This is not possible to do, what they’re asking,” said Summerside family physician Dr. David Antle.

“People, including me, are already teetering on burnout and this will send us over the edge.”

Doctors speak of pressure, fear colleagues will leave over Health P.E.I.’s new targets – CBC

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