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(Vancouver) Sept. 29, 2022 — Today, Minister of Health Adrian Dix announced changes that provide patients better access to critical medications, and B.C.’s community pharmacists are ready to provide much needed additional support to these patients. Starting Oct. 14, 2022, pharmacists across British Columbia will be able to renew prescriptions for a wider range of medications – except cancer chemotherapy medications – so that British Columbians can be assured they will be able to access the medication they need in a timely fashion and ensure continuity of their treatment. These changes will...

(Vancouver) Feb. 10, 2022 — The BC Pharmacy Association is calling on British Columbians to make their booster appointments after a new poll found more than half of those who have already received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine are not planning to make appointments to get their booster shots right away. In a survey commissioned by the Association and conducted by Ipsos between Jan. 28 and Feb. 3, 2022, 56% of respondents who have already had two doses of COVID-19 vaccine say they are not planning to get their booster right away. Among this group nearly half say they will get the booster shot...

Patients who received their first dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 at a pop-up clinic or other location outside of pharmacy can now go to a community pharmacy to receive a second dose of the vaccine. There are more than 70,000 British Columbians who received their first dose of AstraZeneca outside of a pharmacy. The BC Pharmacy Association has listed all B.C. pharmacies taking appointments for second doses of vaccine at bcpharmacy.ca/vaccines. Pharmacies will be listed according to their health authority region. Patients should bring their record of immunization and photo ID. Individuals can...

Over the past few weeks, pharmacies have been inviting patients who received first doses at their pharmacy for their second dose. Some patients also received a first dose of AstraZeneca from public health clinics, and pharmacies have been asked by public health to contact those patients for their second dose. Pharmacists have administered more than 65,000 second doses of AstraZeneca to date. Pharmacies have also been contacted by patients for a first dose of AstraZeneca in cases where their primary health-care provider, allergist or public health officer has determined they should not receive...

Today, the provincial government announced that anyone who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at their local pharmacy can receive their second dose at community pharmacies. Those who received their first dose at a pharmacy will be contacted by the same pharmacist in the coming days to weeks to schedule an appointment. Only the AstraZeneca vaccine will be offered at community pharmacy in B.C. Pharmacies will only be providing second dose vaccinations. The recommended timeframe between first and second doses of AstraZeneca is 8 to 12 weeks, and pharmacists will contact...