Ontario’s health minister is giving the regulatory colleges for nurses and doctors two weeks to develop plans to more quickly register internationally educated professionals.
Sylvia Jones sent directives today to the College of Nurses of Ontario and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario directing them to make every effort to register those nurses and doctors “as expeditiously as possible.”
The minister also directed the nursing college to develop supports for the internationally trained nurses – for example to bring their skills to Ontario standards – to allow them to practice “in a timely way.”
Jones has asked for reports from the colleges in two weeks on how they will accomplish that….