A statement issued late Monday by the Health Ministry says the Office of the Provincial Health Officer has finalized its order covering 18 categories of healthcare professionals, from doctors to pharmacists.
I think young leaders have a genuine curiosity to understand why things are done in a certain way and have a strong desire to make changes if it doesn’t make sense – and we are not shy about sharing our thoughts.
NOSM was established in 2002 and now boasts collaborations with 500 organizations, in more than 90 communities, with a faculty of more than 1,800 faculty.
Dr. Eric Cadesky, a family physician who was president of Doctors of B.C. when it negotiated a master agreement that won strong member support, declined to comment on Ontario's proposed fee deal but said negotiations shouldn’t focus on across-the-board compensation increases.
A recently tabled labour bill contains a section that would wind up the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario, the profession's regulatory body that was established in 2013.
Proposed agreement is a 'better alternative to arbitration and yields more benefits, and in more areas, than would likely be awarded' by arbitration board, says the Ontario Medical Association.
