By Kimberly De Jong, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brant Beacon City of Brantford Council supported a two-year $450,000 pilot program to bring more healthcare professionals to the city during a Committee of the Whole, planning and administration meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. The City has funded the Community Physician Recruitment Committee since 2002 to help recruit and retain family doctors, but the committee announced back in October 2024 that it would be disbanding in December 2025. City Council asked that staff develop a program to replace it, and a report has now come forward with the two-year Primary Care Access Program. “The proposed plan would continue the hands-on recruitment of family physicians and expand the focus to include recruitment of nurse practitioners and healthcare students,” stated the report from…
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