Ontario is set to expand the list of tests midwives can order and perform.
However, midwives say that while the step is welcome, government regulations are still preventing them from practising within their full scope.
Further expansions would help clients receive care even more quickly and would eliminate unnecessary doctor and hospital visits, the midwives say. "To that end, I am delighted to inform you that the ministry has begun the work to advance a proposal to expand midwives’ authority to order additional laboratory tests as well as to allow midwives to perform certain point of care tests," Jones wrote.
"It just feels like that piece, we're having actual traction and we're able to move forward and that we're really pleased about. We just have the other component that still needs pushing." It has been frustrating to see how quickly the government has expanded the scope for pharmacists, Tecson said. Ontario announced in its budget last month that pharmacists would be able to prescribe for six more common ailments, in addition to the 13 added to their powers earlier this year, and is considering further expansions.
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