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Nursing Policy and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Trent University
Wednesday March 24, 2004
Sue Matthews
Provincial Chief Nursing Officer
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2Nursing Policy in Ontario
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care• Administers the largest publicly funded health care system in North America.
• The annual expenditure for health care in Ontario is $28 billion dollars.
• Regulates hospitals, nursing homes and long term care facilities.
• Operates psychiatric hospitals and medical laboratories
• Co-ordinates emergency health services
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Role of the Nursing Secretariat• Mission
• To provide leadership in the development, implementation and evaluation of nursing policies, research, and programs, and strategic advice on emerging nursing and health system issues and trends
• Role• Advising on health & public policy from a nursing perspective
• Providing leadership and fostering collaboration
• Supporting implementation and monitoring of the provincial strategy for nurses
• Initiating and supporting strategies to strengthen the nursing profession
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The Nursing Secretariat
Operational Support• Joint Provincial Nursing Committee • Ministry Divisions
Policy Advisory Role• Premier’s Office• Minister’s Office / Deputy Minister• MOHLTC Divisions / Other Ministries • Intra-/Inter-ministerial committees
Policy Development• Provincial Nursing Strategy• Platform Commitments
Leadership and Collaboration• Ministry Liaison to Nursing Stakeholders • Federal, Provincial, Territorial Committees• Employer Associations • Professional Organizations• Research
Role of the Nursing Secretariat
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Policy Development
• Definition of Policy• everything a government chooses to do or not to do (Dye,
1972)
• set of interrelated decisions taken by a political actor...concerning the selection of goals and the means of achieving them within a specified situation, where those decisions should, in principle, be within the power of those actors to achieve (Jenkins,1978)
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Policy Development
• Definition of Politics• Study of power
• Conflicts and struggles over leadership, structure, policies
• Who gets what, when, how (Lasswell, 1958)
• Goal is power or influence
• Exists in most organizations
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Considerations in Policy Development
• Politics is about Policy• Policy is about making or preventing change
• Politics is use of power for change
• Politics are the MEANS, Policy is the END
• Goals:• Implementable and sustainable policies
• Balancing agendas
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Considerations in Policy Development
Power consists of one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift
of cooperation (Woodrow Wilson, 1913)
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Policy Options Formulation
Decision-Making
Program DesignPolicy Implementation
Evaluation
Agenda-Setting
Stages of Policy DevelopmentOpportunities to Influence
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Policy Development in the MOHLTC
Set Policy Agenda
Establish Accountability
Develop PolicyOptions /
Recommendations
Approved ProductLegislation
PolicyRegulationsGuidelines
Consultation Document
If Financial Implications
Approvals Funding & Accountability
Implementation
Stakeholders, government policy/ program areas involved in identifying issues•Provide information•Environmental scans•Strategic communication
Step 1 ConsultationsStep 2 Develop submission to cabinet/cabinet committeesPOLICY IS CONFIDENTIAL
POLICY IS MADE PUBLIC
Cabinet
EvaluationProgram,
Implementation, Communication Plan
Management Board Secretariat
POLICY WINDOW
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Influences on Policy Development
• Allocation of resources• Changes in external climate
• Health care context
• Consumer values and expectations
• Electoral cyclesChanges in government or key decision-makersCommitments made
• Continuing search for new ideas
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12Influences on Policy Development
Platform Commitments for Nursing:• Hire 8,000 new nurses
• Create positive, rewarding working environments
• Create new nursing school spaces
• Recruit nurses who have left the profession or left the province
• 70% of nurses working full-time
• Fund more positions for nurse practitioners
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How Priorities are Operationalized
National Priorities•Romanow• First Minister’s Health
Accord• National Nursing Strategy
& the Canadian Nursing Advisory Committee Report
• Office of Nursing Policy, Health Canada
Environmental Drivers• Unpredictable Events
(SARS)• Determinants of Health• Aging and Changing
Populations• Cost Pressures• Public & Stakeholder
Expectations / Demands• Media & IT
Nursing SecretariatPriorities
Strengthening the Nursing Profession Through:
Education, Career, Professional Practice, Leadership, Research
MOHLTC Priority Issues
Priority Nursing Issues
Policy
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14Priority Nursing Issues
• Priorities identified through reports and by stakeholders that impact on nursing include:
• Unemployment / underemployment
• Health and safety for Nurses (highlighted by SARS)
• Barriers to full scope of practice
• Supply of nurses: high rates of retirement, limited ability to recruit or retain, limited educational capacity
• Funding models for nursing services are efficiency based and challenge stability - e.g. sustainability/productivity vs. efficiency
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Nursing Secretariat’s Vision for Nursing• Ontario’s nurses will be leaders in Ontario’s health system through:
• Making nursing a profession of choice
• Having the best, most current knowledge
• Creating effective and supportive professional environments• Applying full scope of practice in all health care sectors
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Nursing Influencing Change
• Stakeholders & Interest Groups:• Connect individuals to political system
• Articulate political demands Define the problem Transform demands into public policy
• Seek support for demands
• Demonstrate leadership
• Influence choice of political personnel
• Influence processes of policy development
• Influence enforcement of policy
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Nurses Influencing Change
One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests
(John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873)
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• Be Aware• Knowledge of current issues and the policy process
• Be Involved - Spheres of political influence• Workplace
• Professional Associations (RNAO, RPNAO, ONA, NPAO)
• Community
• Government (political and bureaucratic levels)
• Opposition
Nurses Influencing Change
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• Be Strategic• Communication
• Collegiality
• Collectivity
• Capitalize on Policy Windows
Nurses Influencing Change
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• How to make a difference:• Understand the bigger picture, process, and limitations• Communicate effectively - facts and evidence• Explain the importance• Tell your story• Participate - associations, research, surveys• Build support, co-ordinate, collaborate• Avoid tribalism• Public criticism as last resort• No surprises
Nurses Influencing Change
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Our own success, to be real, must contribute to the success of others
(Eleanor Roosevelt)
Nursing involvement and influence in the development of policies will lead to improvements for nurses, impact and influence the health of Ontarians, and improve access and
quality of care for those requiring health care
Be involved!
Nurses Influencing Change