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The association that represents Newfoundland and Labrador's nurse practitioners says the provincial government has hurt its members by awarding a multimillion-dollar contract for virtual health-care, when that work could have been done by people already in the province.
Nurse practitioners in private practice say they could do more for patients if government would pay for visits. Health minister Tom Osborne said nurse practitioners paid for through the public system in N.L. will continue to be salaried positions.
Nurse practitioners are calling on the Newfoundland and Labrador government to publicly fund the care they provide in clinics that are independent of regional health authorities.
Two groups of health-care professionals not mentioned in the plan, nurse practitioners and pharmacists, say they're still waiting for more information from the provincial government on how they fit into the picture.