May 1, 2020 Dear Premier Ford and Deputy Premier Elliott, We are writing today regarding your government’s continued exclusion of physician assistants (PAs) as frontline health care workers who are eligible for temporary pandemic payments. Your policy is an excellent… Read more »
CAPA News
Frontline Heroes: Meet the Ontario PAs Fighting COVID-19
May 1st, 2020Ken Crosby, CCPA North Bay Regional Health Centre—Critical Care “I am a working full-time in a Critical Care Unit. I don and doff PPE on a daily basis in assessing and managing patients with suspected COVID-19. The support of PAs… Read more »
CAPA Statement on Ford Government’s Exclusion of Physician Assistants from the “Pandemic Pay” Wage Increase
April 29th, 2020The Canadian Association of Physician Assistants issued the following statement after the Ontario government announced a new list of health care workers who are eligible for the COVID-19-related wage boost. “On Tuesday the Ford government expanded the list of workers… Read more »
To fight COVID-19, remove barriers for Ontario’s physician assistants
April 11th, 2020Dear Minister Elliott and Deputy Minister Angus, On behalf of physician assistants (PAs) across our province, we thank you for your tireless dedication to the wellbeing of Ontarians and your tremendous support of all frontline health care professionals throughout the… Read more »
CAPA Letter to PEI Health Minister
April 9th, 2020Dear Minister Aylward and Deputy Minister Spidel, I’m writing on behalf of the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants as a follow up to our meetings last fall regarding the integration of physician assistants (PAs) in Prince Edward Island’s health system…. Read more »