Spring outside Belleville City Hall / Courtesy of the City of Belleville.
Physician Recruitment was the focus at the Belleville Council meeting yesterday.
Council signed off with a 6-3 vote, to increase the City’s Physician Recruitment budget by $160,000. The money will be pulled from the funds that were collected when the city had the automated speed enforcement cameras. Family doctors receive a total of $150,000 over the course of five payments, when the sign on with the city for a specific term. Specialists receive $75,000, while nurse practioners receive a total of $10,000. Coming up at a future Belleville Council meeting, the team plans to look at a request put forward by Councillor Paul Carr. He is calling for a letter to be sent to the Ontario Minister of Health, advocating that Belleville should receive some reimbursement for having a recruitment program.
Meanwhile,
The City has announced that four new doctors have signed on. A family physician and psychiatrist are coming over from the UK, and will be practicing on Dundas Street East, at the Magnus Health Centre. A doctor originally from Belleville has signed on to practice at the new Belleville Neighbourhood Clinic, which is connected to the local Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre. Finally, a Queen’s University Family medicine resident plans to work in Belleville once she is fully licenses at the end of next year.
Belleville Council signed off on sending $202,000 in the form of a grant. The money will go to BCS Automation, and their landlord Bowland Company. The grant will support the construction of the new BCS Automation facility on Station Street. It is a $10 million dollar project that will double the company’s manufacturing capacity. The grant is made up of a variety of rebates including development charge rebate, and building permit rebate.
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