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'Bag of money up front:' Rural communities boost incentives to attract medical staff

Bonuses drive effort to recruit Ontario doctors

Published Aug 6, 2024 at 3:44pm

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'Bag of money up front:' Rural communities boost incentives to attract medical staff
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones makes an announcement on health care with Premier Doug Ford in the province in Toronto, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

As small communities across Ontario struggle to recruit doctors and nurses, one town has landed on a strategy that appears poised for success: giving them "a bag of money up front."

That's the incentive on offer in Huntsville, Ont., where local authorities say they will give an $80,000 signing bonus to any family physician who agrees to work in the town for at least five years.

Other communities are using similar tactics.

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