Nurse Practitioners

• Saskatchewan says ‘standing still’ not an option under new health-care plan

  Premier Scott Moe says the new plan focuses on improving access to primary care providers, with nurse practitioners a key element.

  Politics

  Mar 9
  
• No immediate plans to close private Ontario nurse practitioner clinics despite new guidance

  The province has been under pressure from health-care advocates and political opponents to tackle the rise of private nurse practitioner clinics that charge patients.

  Politics

  Jan 28, 2025
  
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• Provinces to begin funding nurse practitioners for primary care by 2026

  Mark Holland says provincial and territorial health plans will cover primary care provided by nurse practitioners, pharmacists and midwives. 

  Health

  Jan 10, 2025
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• Alberta nurse practitioner program reducing primary care provider gap: Health minister

  Adriana LaGrange says 33 nurse practitioners are now taking patients across the province and another 23 have been approved to practise primary care similar to a family physician.

  Health

  Nov 20, 2024
• Ford government votes down effort to ban nurse practitioners from charging

  Six months after Ontario began a push to close what it believes is a federal loophole, nurse practitioners continue to charge in Ontario. One proposed solution was voted down.

  Health

  Oct 28, 2024
• ‘Interest is crazy over the top’: Kamloops nursing program celebrates successful first year

  The 15 available seats for the nurse practitioner program were quickly snapped up and hundreds of people are on a waiting list.

  Health

  May 11, 2024
• Alberta announces new payment model for nurse practitioners

  The Alberta government has announced a new payment model that would allow nurse practitioners to make 80 per cent of what family doctors are paid.

  Politics

  Apr 25, 2024
• Nurse practitioner fees could ‘undermine’ Ontario public health investment: minister

  Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones has written to the federal government asking it to help close what she describes as a 'loophole' in the system.

  Health

  Apr 16, 2024
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• Ontario weighing nurse practitioner funding options amid extra billing concerns

  The Ontario government is looking for ways to bring clinics led by nurse practitioners into the public health system. It also wants Ottawa to create cross-Canada rules.

  Politics

  Apr 15, 2024
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• Quebec nurse practitioners will be able to take on patients waiting for family doctor

  Starting next week, specialized nurse practitioners in 11 Quebec clinics will be able to take on patients who are waiting for a family doctor.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2024