Letters

Letter: Open Letter to Health Minister Christine Elliott: Save lives during the overdose emergency by implementing public health evidence

Thursday, August 2, 2018 - 20:30

Dear Minister Elliott,

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) was disappointed to learn that the province of Ontario was reviewing the evidence on supervised injection services (SIS) and overdose prevention services (OPS) to "see if they have merit and are worth continuing." Will the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) be doing the same thing with intensive care units and emergency services to see if they offer value? Like care provided in hospitals, SIS and OPS are evidence-based health services that save lives every day.
Letter: Re: HL28.2 A Public Health Approach to Drug Policy

Monday, July 16, 2018 - 12:02

Dear Councillor Mihevc and members of the Board of Health,
Letter: Public register language for nurse practitioners (NP) who do not have authority to prescribe controlled substances

Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 14:54

Dear Anne,

Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on proposed changes to the information displayed on CNO's public register, Find a Nurse, when an NP does not have the authority to prescribe controlled substances.

As you know, the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) has been a long-standing advocate of the need to expand NPs' scope of practice to include narcotics. Extending NPs' authority to prescribe controlled substances is a positive change that improves access to health care for patients across the province.
Letter: Income Security: a Roadmap for Change

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - 01:00

Dear Minister Jaczek,

As you know, the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) has been fiercely advocating for transformative changes to Ontario's social assistance system for at least a decade. Ontario's registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), and nursing students see every day the devastating health and social impacts of income insecurity, including those caused by dangerously low social assistance rates and an often punitive, hard-to-navigate system.
Letter: Transformation of Ontario’s correctional system

Tuesday, January 2, 2018 - 01:00

Dear Kathleen, Marie-France and Eric,

We want to wish you all a healthy and fruitful 2018.
Letter: Re: Feedback on Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 - 01:00

Dear Mr. Corcoran,

Thank you for your letter of December 1, 2017 inviting the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) to provide feedback on Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) by December 12, 2017.
Due to the short timeframe related to this submission, RNAO is unable to provide a comprehensive response informed by evidence from the academic literature and our expert members working in a variety of sectors.
Letter: Please take emergency action on shelter beds: CD24.7 Shelter Infrastructure Plan and Progress Report, December 5-7, 2017

Monday, December 4, 2017 - 11:12

Dear Mayor Tory and members of Toronto City Council,
Letter: Request to be appointed to consultation group on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) initiatives

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 16:06

Dear Sophie,
Letter: Preventing Workplace Violence in the Health Care Sector Report

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - 15:33

Dear Kevin and Eric,

I am writing to you in response to your report entitled “Preventing workplace violence in the health care sector”. RNAO appreciates the government’s commitment to prevent workplace violence in health care and recognition of the hazards experienced by nurses and other health-care providers.
Letter: Minister Hoskins - Re: Stable peer support funding

Monday, August 21, 2017 - 14:11

Dear Eric,

RNAO appreciates your ongoing leadership to improve the health and well-being of all Ontarians through Patients First: Action Plan for Health Care, and the Open Minds, Health Minds: Ontario's Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Strategy. We are writing to you today about the need for stable peer support funding for individuals being discharged from psychiatric facilities.

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