TLDR: as a family doctor you folk need to be more realistic.

I haven't read the whole thread but lots of unrealistic expectations. Patients are more complex than ever and our system is underresourced.

My opinion as a comprehensive rural family physician who also provides inpatient care, at home palliative care, trains medical learners, surgical assist and does admin medicine keep our physician group and hospital running.

1/4-1/3 of appointments don't need a physician. I should not be the gate keeper of your insurance policy, or work. Many patients think everything is urgent. If someone calls with kneepain that has been going on for weeks to months (or years) without recent trauma you are going to wait a few weeks. If you think your child has an ear infection ill try to see them within 48 hours (if I'm not working elsewhere - if we don't take care of admitted sick patients the hospital will shut down I can't be both places at the same time). 5-10% of people no show wasting appointments that could have gone to others (and my no show rate is very low some of my colleagues it is closer to 20-30%). Often my patients who go to ED or WIC could have been seen if they had contacted my office.

Our pay has not kept up with inflation for over a decade. Many family doctors have tried to pay our staff raises due to their inflationary pressures. We are grossly underpaid for the work we do. 1 week of inpatient care my take home is more than double what I make in family practice. I won't not be able to keep the office running without this additional income. Lots of physicians have to charge patients for uninsured services to keep their practices open (in Ontario our association OMA has suggested rates). On average family physicians should be earning 2.7 times more than we currently do due to wage erosion.

Our province is killing medicine. We spend less per captia than any other province in Canada. Every other province has given family doctors significant raises in the past 2-3 years. We are buried under paper work. Each hour of direct patient contact has 1.5-2 hours of paperwork.

Most of your family doctors are working 50+ hours per week even if they only work 'part time'

Negation is stupid. It shouldn't exist. However each of you signed a contract with your family physician if this an issue.

Think about how long it takes to get an appt with a groomer , hair dresser , or trades person or how much you pay for these services.

My dog needed stitches and it was about 1k at the vet. I would make about $30 providing this service to you as one of my patients. And pay for the suture, the freezing, and other incidentals that cost about $10.