Dr. Michael Green said this is not a ‘pause’ but a complete cessation to allow the college to engage with stakeholders and explore alternative approaches to modernize family medicine education.
Nurse practitioners did assessments and provisions for free until July, when they struck a new collective agreement with the province, said a spokesperson for their union.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba noted several typical scenarios where use of anything other than a doctor's legal name can gum up the works.
Health Minister Sylvia Jones says expanding registered nurses’ scope of practice gives people in Ontario more convenient access to care and will reduce wait times at community clinics and hospitals.
