National association of nurse practitioners urges NL to publicly fund nurse practitioner-led clinics

Nurse practitioners in NL say they're not getting far in achieving their goal. In late April, the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurse Practitioner Association submitted a funding model proposal to the provincial government. The association wants government to allow privately-run, nurse practitioner-led clinics to be paid for through the public system. Right now, nurse practitioners with their own clinics must have patients pay out of pocket. The association would like the profession to have its own public funding model, similar to the way doctors in private practice can bill through MCP. The national group that represents nurse practitioners would also like to see that. Stan Marchuk is chief executive officer of the Nurse Practitioner Association of Canada.