Speaker sessions

1. Opening and closing keynotes

2. 10 facets of the crisis in access to primary care

3. Patient and public recommendations for a better primary care system

Panel 1: Overview of the primary care crisis - what are the dangers of business as usual?

1. Describe how social and structural determinants of health influence primary care service delivery and larger health systems

2. Advocate for upstream preventive measures, interventions, and policies to reduce the burden on primary care systems

3. Emphasize the role of non-physician clinicians such as nurse practitioners, nurses, and allied health in addressing the primary care crisis

Panel 2: Provincial and territorial perspectives on solutions

1. Understand the approaches of other provinces and territories to primary care delivery

2. Gain insight into strategies and interventions used in primary care reform

3. Identify opportunities for collaboration between policymakers, health care providers, and community members

Panel 3: Tackling the crisis in primary care while building an upstream health system

1. Describe how upstream determinants of health influence primary health care systems

2. Advocate for preventive measures, interventions, and policies to reduce the burden on primary care systems

3. Emphasize the role of providers such as nurse practitioners, nurses, and allied health in addressing the primary care crisis

Working Group Session 1: Provincial and territorial meetings

1. Discuss key take-aways from the plenary sessions

2. Review and build upon existing provincial/territorial work

3. Identify a set of key actions for their province/territory

Each group will have a facilitator and notetaker. Hybrid groups will be assigned a staff member to act as a ‘bridge’ between in-person and virtual attendees. The provinces represented at this meeting and their corresponding breakout rooms are:

1. Alberta (Terrace Room B)

2. British Columbia (St. Andrew Room)

3. New Brunswick (St. Lawrence Room)

4. Nova Scotia (Terrace Room C)

5. Ontario (University Room)

6. Quebec (Terrace Room A)

Attendees from the following provinces and territories are also in attendance:

1. Manitoba

2. Yukon

3. Prince Edward Island

Examples of policy solutions (e.g., recommendations and reports from family physician or nurse practitioner groups, Ministry of Health plans, policy and research group proposals, public recommendations, relevant news articles)proposed in each province/territory can be found here

Working Group Session 2: Solutions

1. Primary care workforce and solutions

2. Financing and funding

3. Leveraging data, new tools, and AI to address the crisis