Ontario Midwives

• Ontario plans to expand midwives’ prescribing power

  Ontario is planning to expand the list of drugs that midwives can prescribe and administer, including allowing them to prescribe birth control.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2023
  
• Ontario to expand list of tests midwives can order; midwives say it’s a first step

  Ontario is set to expand the list of tests midwives can order and perform, as part of the government's push to increase community care options and ease health system pressures.

  Health

  Apr 5, 2023
  
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• Coronavirus: Ontario midwives wonder why they’re not considered front-line workers

  "It was disheartening to hear that they were being left out of the pandemic pay, they're doing home visits, they come to our home, they put themselves at risk"

  Health

  May 5, 2020
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• Ontario wants to expand midwives’ ability to prescribe medications

  Health Minister Christine Elliott says consultations are underway to expand midwives' scope of practice with the body that regulates the profession in Ontario.

  Politics

  Jul 8, 2019
• Ontario government discriminated against midwives on pay since 2005, human rights tribunal finds

  In a decision released on Tuesday, the tribunal found that from 2005 to 2013, there is "sufficient evidence" to support the midwives' claim that the provincial government discriminated against them in negotiating their compensation.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2018