The basic education to become a registered nurse will be offered throughout the province by the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Nursing and will be a four year degree. The hospital based schools of nursing have not taken any new students again this year. The Minister's Advisory Committee on AIDS is a ministerial appointed committee. Issues to be considered by the committee can be identified by the Committee or referred to the committee by groups, institutions, other committees, or by Members of the Legislature. The Advisory Committee to the Continuing Care Program and the Appeal Panel for Home Care are ministerial appointed committees comprised of citizens external to government.
Membership includes representation from urban and rural Manitoba.
Both Committees report to the Minister of Health. The Committees provide ongoing opportunity for consumer input, identification of unmet consumer needs and for ongoing program improvements through recommendations to the Minister of Health. The Committees therefore link theory and practice, resulting in program and policy direction that is informed and driven by the actual experiences of program consumers. Issues to be considered by the Committee are referred to the Committee by the Minister of Health, the Home Care Branch, the Appeal Panel for Home Care and program consumers, or are identified by the Committee itself. The Panel hears appeals from Manitobans who have requested or are in receipt of Home Care services and disagree with the decisions regarding eligibility or level of services received.