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  • Letter: Request to intervene to enable RN initiation of psychotherapy
    Friday, February 3, 2017 - 12:17

    Dear John,

  • Letter: Request that College of Nurses of Ontario pursue a regulation to enable RN initiation of psychotherapy
    Monday, January 30, 2017 - 01:00

    Dear Anne,

    Thanks for the excellent meeting at the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's (RNAO) home office on Jan. 25, 2017. Amongst the items we discussed was RNs' ability to initiate psychotherapy. As we have expressed on several occasion in the past, RNAO is requesting the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) reconsider its approach to the initiation of psychotherapy.

  • Letter: Addressing urgent nursing staffing shortages within corrections
    Thursday, December 22, 2016 - 01:00

    Dear Minister Flynn,

    The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) welcomes the Dec. 15, 2016 announcement that Ontario will hire 239 additional staff to increase supports for inmates, "particularly those with significant challenges related to long-term segregation." The hiring of an additional 22 nurses and 22 mental health nurses is a step in the right direction. The reality, however, is that chronic and severe nursing understaffing across the provincial correctional system must be addressed in an urgent and systematic way.

  • Letter: Access to OHIP for all residents of Ontario
    Wednesday, December 21, 2016 - 01:00

    Dear Minister Hoskins,

    I am writing you about a campaign that RNAO endorses and for which we would like your support.

    As a physician who has worked with refugees you have witnessed firsthand the horrible impact when people cannot get access to the health care they need. As a humanitarian committed to health equity, your work demonstrates a commitment to ensuring that all people receive the services they need to be healthy and well.

  • Letter: Improving access to Canada Pension Plan Disability benefits
    Monday, December 5, 2016 - 01:00

    Dear Minister Duclos,

    We are writing on behalf of our respective organizations about how Service Canada could improve access to Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) benefits by adopting a more consistent and inter-professional approach which allows registered nurses (RN) and nurse practitioners (NP) to complete CPP-D medical reports without restrictions.

  • Letter: Improving health outcomes and health care within the provincial correctional system
    Friday, December 2, 2016 - 01:00

    Dear Minister Hoskins,

    The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) recently had the privilege of meeting with the Hon. David Orazietti, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, about ways to improve health outcomes and improve human rights within correctional facilities. Minister Orazietti suggested we speak to you about these ideas to address the severe health inequities affecting some of Ontario's most marginalized people.

  • Letter: Proposed regulations to Quality of Care Information Protection Act, 2016
    Friday, November 25, 2016 - 11:08

    Dear Sean:

    RNAO is the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in Ontario. We appreciate the opportunity to provide feedback on regulation proposal 16-HLTC011 pertaining to the Quality of Care Information Protection Act, 2016 (QCIPA)

  • Letter: Follow up on meeting and RN psychotherapy
    Friday, November 11, 2016 - 01:00

    Dear John,

    Thank you for meeting with representatives of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) on October 27 2016. We appreciated your receptivity as we discussed our concerns with the College of Nurses of Ontario’s requirement for registered nurses (RN) to obtain an order to initiate psychotherapy once it is proclaimed a controlled act.

    Requiring an RN to obtain an order to initiate psychotherapy will only create another barrier to accessing to mental health services and hinder interprofessional collaboration due to blurred accountabilities. RNAO firmly believes if an RN has the competencies, knowledge and skills, to perform psychotherapy as part of his or her practice, that same RN is competent to initiate psychotherapy or refer the individual for more appropriate treatment and/or to another health provider.

  • Letter: Valuing public and private assets with respect to Ontario’s digital health strategy
    Friday, November 11, 2016 - 01:00

    Dear Ed,

    Many thanks for inviting us to speak with you on October 19. We had an excellent conversation and as requested we are following up in writing.

    On October 7, Health Minister Hoskins released an open letter to you, seeking a value assessment of Ontario’s e-health assets and recommendations on maximizing the value of those assets “by improving how care is delivered, the patient experience in interacting with the health care system and, indirectly, through the economic value that is created for Ontario's economy.” You were approached in your capacity as the Premier’s Business Advisor and Chair of the Advisory Council on Government Assets.

  • Letter: Gender inclusivity and government IDs
    Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 13:06

    Dear Minister Lalonde,

    The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO), the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students, appreciates recent changes by the government of Ontario to make documents used for identification more inclusive of people with transgender and non-binary gender identity. The introduction of a gender-neutral health card with a person's sex no longer listed, occurring from June 13, 2016 onward, and the option to display an X on a driver's licence as a gender identifier, beginning in early 2017, are progressive changes to be welcomed.