Licensed Physicians in New Brunswick |
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Ending |
Licence |
Licence |
Total
|
Education Licence |
|
|
2013
|
1730
|
21
|
1751
|
298
|
|
|
2014
|
1680
|
17
|
1697
|
357
|
|
|
2015
|
1735
|
24
|
1759
|
264
|
|
|
2016
|
1764
|
19
|
1793
|
251
|
|
|
2017
|
1818
|
32
|
1850
|
220
|
|
|
2018
|
1848
|
23
|
1871
|
297
|
|
| 2019 | 1856 | 22 | 1878 | 310 | |
| 2020 | 1810 | 20 | 1830 | 217 |
Complaints by Category |
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| Category of complaints |
2013
|
2014 | 2015 |
2016
|
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Quality of care |
27
|
28
|
26
|
23
|
28 | 36 | 38 | 32 | 51 | 39 | |
| Communication/attitude |
3
|
6
|
9
|
14
|
4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 12 | |
| Sexual |
2
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Discrimination | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Withholding/withdrawing treatment/consent |
5
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Interprofessional |
2
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Prescribing/Pharmacy |
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| Billing |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Refusing request for consult |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Criminal Conviction ot misconduct elsewhere |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Confidentiality |
0
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Failure to provide report |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Failure to report to authority |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Abandonment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Other |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Counsels |
8
|
7
|
5
|
8
|
8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 4 | |
| Cautions |
1
|
4
|
8
|
8
|
2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |
| Censures |
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Total complaints | 39 | 41 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 56 | 60 | 45 | 89 | 68 | |
| To Formal Inquiry |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guilty |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pending |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
*Amendments to the Medical Act in 2009 allow Committees and Council to add specific comments regarding a Complaint. These comments include
a Counsel (advice as to how to improve the physician’s conduct or practice),
a Caution (intended to express the dissatisfaction of the Committee and to forewarn the physician that if the conduct recurs, more serious disciplinary action may be considered), and
a Censure (an expression of strong disapproval). It should be noted that these are not disciplinary findings. Physicians are given the opportunity to object to any such comment. They are not recorded on Certificates of Standing.
Complaints by Zone |
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| Zones |
2013
|
2014 | 2015 |
2016
|
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Moncton | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 19 |
| Other - Zone 1 |
6
|
6
|
0
|
4
|
2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Saint John |
11
|
12
|
12
|
12
|
9 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 12 |
| Other - Zone 2 |
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Fredericton |
0
|
5
|
15
|
9
|
5 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 4 |
| Other - Zone 3 |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Zone 4 |
2
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Zone 5 |
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Zone 6 |
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Zone 7 |
2
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Outside New Brunswick |
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Complaints by Specialty |
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| Specialty |
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Family Practice |
19
|
21 |
30
|
27
|
32 | 36 | 38 | 24 | 52 | 36 | |
| Anesthesia |
0
|
0 |
0
|
1
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cardiology |
0
|
1 |
1
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cardiac Surgery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clinical Immunology/Allergy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Critical Care Medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dermatology |
0
|
1 |
1
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emergency Medicine | 0 | 1 |
0
|
1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Endocrinology/Metabolism |
0
|
0 |
1
|
0
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ENT |
0
|
2 |
1
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gastroenterology |
2
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| General Surgery |
3
|
0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Hematology |
0
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Infectious Diseases |
0
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Internal Medicine |
0
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Medical Biology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Medical Oncology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nephrology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neurology |
0
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neurosurgery |
0
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Obstetrics/Gynecology |
2
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |
| Occupational Medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ophthalmology |
0
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Orthopedic Surgery |
3
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Pathology |
0
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pediatrics |
0
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
1
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Plastic Surgery |
2
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Psychiatry |
4
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| Radiation Oncology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Respiratory Medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rheumatology |
0
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Thoracic Surgery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Urology |
3
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vascular Surgery |
0
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Resident |
0
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |