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The Doctor Shortage Is Here—and Getting Worse

Family Medicine Shortage: Why Future Doctors Look Elsewhere

MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2026 — Dr. Genaro DeLeon, a resident physician at the Cleveland Clinic, couldn’t decide between pursuing surgery or family medicine. Surgery paid more and offered...

Mass. Senate wants to address primary-care doctor shortage

Massachusetts faces a primary care crisis, with 30% of residents struggling to find doctors

A broken health care system and the physician shortage

An excerpt from Failure to Treat: How a Broken Healthcare System Puts Patients and Providers at Risk. Over the course of my career, I have witnessed an inexorable decline in the qu...

Column: Hawaii facing a critical shortage of primary care physicians

As a physician practicing in Hawaii, I have dedicated 30 years to my work in Honolulu. Recently, I encountered a critical situation that has highlighted an urgent need for primary...

Medical Schools Work to Address Shortage of Specialists in Rural Healthcare

Column: Primary care shortage is a health crisis

Kupuna struggle to find a doctor. Patients face monthslong waits, fewer office visits, unanswered phone calls, crowded urgent care clinics and overflowing emergency rooms. These fr...

Oyo Teaching Hospital Faces Doctor Shortage as Deadline Sparks Fresh Warning

A major teaching hospital in Oyo State is facing growing pressure as a shortage of resident doctors threatens patient care and specialist training.

Report finds primary care shortage strains New Yorkers

A UAlbany report finds New York still lacks primary care providers, leaving patients waiting and turning to urgent care instead.

Severe specialist shortage forces Imperial Valley patients to choose between long travels or no care

IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) — Vulnerable residents in the Imperial Valley are facing a heartbreaking choice: travel hours for life-saving medical care, or go without it. A sever...

New Kentucky law aims to address ongoing physician shortage statewide

Kentucky is facing a shortage of nearly 3,000 physicians by 2030, according to an August 2025 report from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

How measuring physician shortages reveals hidden gaps

Physician shortage forecasts influence everything from residency expansion to rural workforce policy. But many of those forecasts begin with a deceptively simple question: How many...

Neurologist shortage threatens care for stroke and dementia

The Netherlands has a growing shortage of neurologists, and hospital care for conditions such as dementia, stroke and Parkinson’s could...

Medicus Healthcare Solutions Releases 2026 Edition of Its Report on the Anesthesia Clinician Shortage

WINDHAM, N.H., Aug. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Anesthesia staffing shortages continue to challenge healthcare organizations across the United States. In response to the evolving land...

1,200 doctors serving nine million residents, Ogun NMA laments shortage

Ogun State faces a severe doctor shortage with only 1,200 physicians for nine million residents. The NMA laments the crisis and calls for better protection Read More: https://punc...

The radiologist shortage behind your scan delays

Waiting seven days or more to get a report of your recent CT scan? Welcome to today’s new normal. Until a couple of years ago, the digital transformation of radiology dramatically...

Hawaii patients express frustration with doctor shortage on Oahu

Keith Daszek was thrilled to learn of a healthcare clinic opening near him.

Acute GP shortages in commuter belts and rural areas

There are acute shortages of GPs in commuter belt and rural areas, according to the Irish College of General Practitioners, with Monaghan meeting just half the national target of G...

Family medicine match rates signal a workforce problem

Each March, the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Match offers a snapshot of how the next generation of physicians views the landscape of American medicine. The 2026 Match...

Shortage of neurologists strains Dutch hospitals as demand for care surges

Dutch hospitals are facing a growing shortage of neurologists, the Dutch Society of Neurology (NVN) warned.

Why Are Family Doctors Leaving The Workforce? Retirement, Burnout Creating A U.S. Primary Care 'Brain Drain'

TUESDAY, July 14, 2026 — A bad back led Dr. Dale Block to retire from family medicine in 2019, after nearly four decades treating patients. “I was one of those rare three-sport ath...

Intern program helps attract future doctors to fill a healthcare void

If you’ve tried to schedule a doctor’s appointment recently, you may have run into this.

Half the Faculty, Double the Pressure

Srinagar, Jul 13: Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), J&K’s premier tertiary care hospital, is operating with barely over half of its sanctioned faculty stren...

Empowering Healthcare Partnerships Through the Evolving Locums Landscape

By Bharat Sundaram, CEO, Hallmark Key takeaways: Physician and APP shortages are turning locum tenens from a stopgap into a core workforce strategy. Unfilled roles now threaten pat...