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  • RNAO and CAWC Joint Letter on Diabetic Foot Care in Ontario
    December 9, 2014

    Dear Minister Hoskins,

    We are writing to request an urgent meeting with you to discuss how we can partner to ensure progress in Ontario's Diabetes Strategy.

  • Submission to: the Standing Committee on Social Policy Bill 21, Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014
    December 2, 2014

    The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), and nursing students in all roles and sectors across Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contributions to shaping the health-care system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve.

  • Speaking notes:Bill 21, Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014
    December 2, 2014

    Good Afternoon. My name is Doris Grinspun and I am the CEO of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). With me today is our senior policy analyst, Lynn Anne Mulrooney. RNAO is the professional association for registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students who practise in all roles and sectors in Ontario. Our mandate is to advocate for healthy public policy and for the role of nurses in enhancing the health of Ontarians.

  • Submission to Employment and Social Development Canada's Panel on Employment Challenges of New Canadians
    November 27, 2014

    The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), and nursing students in all roles and sectors across Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contributions to shaping the health-care system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve. RNAO appreciates this opportunity to provide feedback to the Panel on Employment Challenges of New Canadians.

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  • Letter to CNO: RNAO Recommendation to Rescind Requirement for Order to Perform Psychotherapy
    November 25, 2014

    Dear Angela,

    Thank you for your response on October 14, 2014 to RNAO's letter dated September 3, 2014 expressing concern with the CNO Council's decision to require an order for a registered nurse (RN) to perform the controlled act of psychotherapy.

  • Submission to Health Canada’s Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation
    November 14, 2014

    The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and nursing students in all roles and sectors within Ontario. Our mandate is to foster knowledge-based nursing practice, promote quality work environments, deliver excellence in professional development, and advance healthy public policy. We promote the full participation of present and future RNs and NPs in improving health, and shaping and delivering health-care services.

  • Submission to the Standing Committee on General Government - Bill 18, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to employment and labour
    November 4, 2014

    The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association for registered nurses who practise in all roles and sectors across Ontario.

  • Submission to the Home and Community Care Review Expert Group
    October 31, 2014

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  • Letter to CNO re: Requiring an Order to Perform Psychotherapy
    September 3, 2014

    Dear Angela:

    The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario is concerned with the approach taken by the Council of the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) in a decision regarding psychotherapy on March 6, 2014. The minutes from this meeting indicate that Council “… supports that Registered Nurses (RNs) and Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) require an order to perform the controlled act of psychotherapy.” While we respect the Council’s mandate to protect the public interest, we do not feel that requiring an order to initiate psychotherapy is within the public interest.

  • Toxic Partners Letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne
    August 19, 2014

    Dear Premier Wynne:

    The Ontario Toxics Reduction Working Group offers its congratulations on your recent election victory. Our Working Group includes representation from the health, environment and labour sectors, and we welcome opportunities to assist the government in achieving its environmental and health agenda, including actions that would better inform Ontarians about their exposures to toxic substances and also reduce those exposures. The Ontario government has already taken a number of measures to reduce exposures to toxic substances, including the Toxics Reduction Act (TRA) and the Cosmetic Pesticides Ban Act. Individually and collectively, our members and partners worked with government to develop and promote this legislation. We are working to help realize its full potential.