Nova Scotia College Of Pharmacists

• Nova Scotia pharmacies relaxing 30-day prescription measure for select medications amid COVID-19

  The Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists said it will continue to carefully monitor the drug supply at provincial and national levels during the coronavirus pandemic.

  Health

  May 19, 2020
  
• N.S., N.B. pharmacies restrict medication fills to avoid shortages during COVID-19

  Exceptions to the rules may be granted if a pharmacist deems it necessary under a patient's particular circumstances.

  Health

  Mar 18, 2020
  
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• N.S. to fund pharmacists prescribing birth control, UTI, shingles medications

  Pharmacists will be funded by the province to assess and prescribe medications for birth control, urinary tract infections and shingles.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2019
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• Study analyzes nearly 100,000 medical errors made at Nova Scotia pharmacies

  The Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists says 82 per cent of reported errors were caught and corrected before they ever reached the patient.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2018
• N.S. pharmacist stripped of licence after baking marijuana cookies for patient

  A patient gave Andrews medicinal marijuana at the pharmacy where she was practising in Sydney and that she took it home to bake into cookies.

  Crime

  May 2, 2017
• Ontario pharmacists move towards mandatory reporting of prescription-dispensing errors

  Melissa Sheldrick, whose eight-year-old son died in March 2016 after being given the wrong medication, said she is thrilled Ontario is working to change.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2017
• Penalty too light for pharmacy error that led to NS woman’s death: granddaughter

  Two Nova Scotia pharmacists have been reprimanded and suspended for making prescription drug errors linked to the deaths of two patients.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2017
• How widespread are prescription error problems in Canada? We don’t really know

  More than 600 million medical prescriptions were dispensed by Canadian pharmacies in 2015. But how often are mistakes made? Experts say there's very little data.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2016