Health committee  I would agree with my colleague, and I would add that CNA has a specialty group of corrections nurses. We'd be happy to provide further information to follow up on this. I also want to make the point that we have issues with our corrections facilities with people who need menta

Health committee  Again, my regulatory colleagues may wish to respond, but very quickly I'll say that this is why we have regulated health professionals. They are under the obligation to practise in a safe, evidence-based way, so I can pretty safely guarantee that no registered nurse would give a

Health committee  Most definitely. That is a key part of giving education about drugs and we're mandated to do that.

Health committee  I believe Paul can also respond from the practical nurse regulator perspective.

Health committee  I would add very quickly that, as both my colleagues have alluded to, wouldn't it be wonderful if we had a single definition of scope of practice and standards of practice across the country? I think that's the aim of what we need to do.

Health committee  That's a loaded question.

Health committee  Again, we need to look at where the jurisdictional authority for health is vested within the jurisdictions. I think that in itself creates the first barrier. But I think the work you're doing as a committee is trying to break down that barrier. I think with your deliberations and

Health committee  I'm happy to say that it absolutely is happening in Canada. It has several names. I think you're referring to the lean methodology, which is well known in hospitals and in health care settings. There's also a program related to that called Releasing Time to Care. We've had wond

Health committee  I would point quickly to the work of the Council of the Federation and their health innovation working group. This is in fact what they're trying to do: to bring these best practices forward. Most recently, they have adopted a couple of models of best practice related to diabetes

Health committee  Thank you. I'll speak first—

Health committee  I'll be very brief. For long-term care settings, nurses should be able to manage care in place. The Ontario government recently announced funding for nurse practitioners in long-term care settings. That means that your mother may not have had to go to the hospital in the first p

Health committee  I would invite Anne to speak to this. I'm happy to as well. Anne, would you like to start?

Health committee  Thank you very much for the question. I will quickly add in the interest of time that I think you're speaking much to the history of the evolution of home care in Canada, which of course is not covered under the Canada Health Act, so that has always rendered home care very vuln

Health committee  I'm happy to speak to that, and thank you for the funding. I know it will make a difference. Yes, I think what you're speaking to are innovative HHR practices. You're really at the heart of what needs to evolve as we go forward. In the case you've described, this is breaking do

Health committee  Again, I will speak to nurse practitioners in particular, with the recommendations we made to remove some of the restrictions from their signing various federal forms and so forth, and being able to give samples of drugs. That they can prescribe the drug, but they can't actually