Nurse Practitioner Led Clinics a New Option in Healthcare
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Thu May 20 2010 Page: 14 Section: News Byline: Katie Stewart Source: Manotick/Winchester EMC, RNAO President David McNeil, Members Marilyn Butcher, Joanna Binch Quoted.
EMC News - When the first nurse practitioner (NP) clinic in Canada opened its doors in July 2007, people had been lined up for hours waiting to be seen. Located in Sudbury Ontario, the clinic was the first in a new initiative by the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care to improve access to family healthcare in Ontario. "We've had such positive responses since we opened," said Marilyn Butcher, executive director of the Sudbury District Nurse Practitioner Clinics. Just last week, the Ontario government announced that it will be accepting applications for 14 new nurse practitioner-led clinics as part of their commitment to open 25 clinics that will be in operation by 2012. "This is great news," said Jane Sanders, executive director of the Nurse Practitioner Association of Ontario. "It provides evidence that the government is following through on this initiative." The clinics provide comprehensive and accessible services to people who don't have a primary health care provider.
This CBC Radio podcast of White Coat, Black Art discusses Nurse Practioners.
January 2009
This CBC Radio interview with House Doctor, Brian Goldman, outlines many of the aspects of the Sudbury District Nurse Practitioner Clinic.
NP Clinics Offer Good Service
Posted By Sudbury Star, September 30, 2009
Re: "Doc's turf war will hinder health service" -- Sept. 26, 2009
Christina Blizzard, in her recent article about Bill 179's journey through the Ontario legislature, states that a group of guerrillas in the Ontario Medical Association is warning that when you are on the airship Goodhealth, you want the pilot to be in charge of the services you receive under OHIP.
Fine, but don't you sometimes get the feeling whilst in the middle of a doctor's appointment here in Sudbury, should you be able to get one, that the whole system is on auto-pilot and that you are being rushed to nowhere in a hurry?
Canadians Approve of Expanded Role for Nurse Practitioners, Survey Suggests
August 21, 2009
TORONTO - Most Canadians are in favour of an expanded role for nurse practitioners, with three in four saying they would be comfortable seeing a nurse practitioner instead of their family doctor, a new survey suggests.
Nurse practitioner clinic in Lively is not only welcome, but needed
January 22, 2009
I was disappointed to read in the Sudbury Star the letter from Dr. Koop regarding the opening of the Sudbury District Nurse Practitioner Clinics in Lively. As a resident of Lively, I'm ashamed of the professionals who are criticizing an effort that can only be good for our community.
Why can't we all applaud these nurse practitioners for their hard work and struggle to be recognized for their skills, and just get on with the work of supporting every effort citizens make to improve the health care we receive? It seems to me that the nurse practitioners are far more visionary than any doctor that writes a letter like the one I'm speaking about.
Nurse practitioner clinic expected to open in October
Posted By CAROL MULLIGAN, THE SUDBURY STAR, January 08, 2009
Orphan patients in Lively, Naughton, Whitefish and Copper Cliff need not wait until a nurse practitioner clinic opens in Lively in late October to gain access to primary health care.
They are invited to register now and start receiving treatment at the first Sudbury District Nurse Practitioner Clinic on Riverside Drive while they are waiting for the centre closer to home to open.
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