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  • Submission: RNAO comments on Draft – Palliative Health Services Delivery Framework: Recommendations for a Model of Care to Improve Palliative Care in Ontario – Part 1: Adults Receiving Care at Home
    February 28, 2018

    Introduction

  • Submission: Ontario Pre-Budget Submission 2018: Improving Ontarians' health and healthcare Submission to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
    January 19, 2018

    The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), and nursing students in all settings and roles across Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contributions to shaping the health system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve. A key determinant of public policy is the budget, as it allocates resources between different and competing ends.

  • Submission: RNAO's Response on Bill 174: Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017
    November 30, 2017

    RNAO welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy on Bill 174, An Act to enact the Cannabis Act, 2017, the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017 and the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017, to repeal two Acts and to make amendments to the Highway Traffic Act respecting alcohol, drugs and other matters. For this submission, RNAO will use the short title of Bill 174, the Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017.

  • Submission: RNAO submission on Bill 160: Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017
    November 16, 2017

    RNAO is pleased to offer its submission on Bill 160, Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act, 2017.

    RNAO supports Bill 160's objectives of strengthening transparency, accountability and quality of care in a person-centred health system. However, we caution against the unintended consequences of a number of the measures in the bill, such as expanding the practice of paramedics to primary care, accelerating privatization of health services, and further compromising safety of residents in long-term care.

  • Submission: RNAO's Response to Bill 148: Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 Submission to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
    November 3, 2017

    RNAO appreciates the opportunity to provide additional feedback to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on Bill 148, An Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Labor Relations Act, 1995 and to make related amendments to other Acts or the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017. As nurses, we see firsthand the devastating consequences of low wages and precarious work on people's health and wellbeing.

  • Submission: RNAO comments on the Report of the Minister’s Expert Panel on Public Health
    October 31, 2017

    Submission to Population and Public Health Division, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

    RNAO welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), Population and Public Health Division, on the Report of the Minister's Expert Panel on Public Health entitled "Public Health within an Integrated Health System". Together with the input of RNAO's Community Health Nurses' Interest Group (CHNIG), experts working in public health settings across Ontario, we offer our response and recommendations.

  • Submission: RNAO Submission on Toronto’s Emergency Management Program and Revisions to Toronto Municipal Code
    October 23, 2017

    The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses (RN), nurse practitioners (NP) and nursing students in all settings and roles across Ontario. It is the strong, credible voice leading the nursing profession to influence and promote healthy public policy. RNAO welcomes this opportunity to respond to Toronto's Emergency Management Program and Revisions to the Toronto Municipal Code (EX28.13).1

  • Submission: RNAO submission to Bill 163, Protecting a Woman’s Right to Access Abortion Services Act, 2017
    October 19, 2017

    We welcome the opportunity to provide feedback to the Standing Committee on General Government on Bill 163, An Act to enact the Safe Access to Abortion Services Act, 2017 and to amend the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act in relation to abortion services.

  • Submission: RNAO feedback on Improvements to the Ministry of Transportation’s Medical Reporting Program
    October 9, 2017

    RNAO welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the Ministry of Transportation’s (MTO) proposed regulatory amendment to the Highway Traffic Act to improve medical reporting and eliminating driver license returns. Our recommendations take into consideration the safety of drivers on Ontario’s roads as well as the impact of the proposed changes as they relate to NPs’ ability to practice to their fullest scope. The recommendations were synthesized by surveying the opinions of NPs that are members of RNAO. NPs that make up RNAO’s membership come from various health-care sectors including acute care, primary care, long-term care and home care.

  • Submission: RNAO comments on amendments to PHIPA General Regulation and development of HIPA regulations
    September 22, 2017

    RNAO appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback to the Health System Information Management Division of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care on the proposed amendments to the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA) and policy directions for regulations under Health Information Protection Act, 2016 (HIPA).

    We support initiatives to improve access to key health information at the point of care so health professionals can provide more coordinated, person-centred care. However, we urge you to address the following concerns as you move forward with drafting regulations.

    • Opting out of the electronic health record
    • Non-maskable elements
    • Consent directive granularity levels
    • Consent directives and consent directive overrides
    • Security of personal health information
    • Education for patients, the public, and health-care providers
    • Patient control over their own health records