Ontario’s doctors have a new, four-year agreement with the province that will give them increased general compensation and see family doctors paid for administrative work.

An arbitrator had earlier awarded doctors a nearly 10 per cent compensation increase for the first year of their four-year Physician Services Agreement, and the parties went back to the table to discuss the remaining three years.

The arbitrator has now awarded them an additional 7.3 per cent over the three years, plus top-ups for certain groups including doctors at children’s hospitals.

The Ministry of Health says in a statement that the arbitration award also includes investments that will help incentivize doctors to take on new patients and strengthen incentives for after-hours care.

The Ontario Medical Association

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