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Interviews with Ontario pharmacists

In January 2023, Ontario pharmacists began prescribing for minor ailments. The following videos are available for pharmacists in B.C. as they prepare for prescribing for minor ailments and…

It’s about time! B.C. pharmacists are finally getting the ability to prescribe for minor ailments and contraception this year.

Like all pharmacists, my thoughts immediately turned to the pragmatics of this new scope and how it would be…

The Tablet asks our contributors:

Now that you know which minor ailments B.C. is considering for pharmacist prescribing, what ailments do you think patients will demand most and why?

As I sit down to write something pithy or profound about the launch of minor ailment and contraception prescribing in British Columbia, I can’t get the Lizzo earworm lyrics “It’s about damn time” out of my head. Without aiming to sound trite, it is…

The BC Pharmacy Association conducted a survey among members from Dec. 15, 2022 to Jan. 15, 2023 as a way to understand community pharmacists' sentiments around scope changes in British Columbia, including the expansion of adaptations, injections…