Ontario Pharmacists

• Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists’ scope to include more minor ailments

  Ontario is proposing to further expand pharmacists' scope by adding to the list of minor ailments they can assess, allowing them to administer more vaccines and order lab tests.

  Health

  Sep 16, 2024
  
• Ontario rolling out flu, COVID 19 shots, first to high priority groups

  Ontario is planning to allow pharmacists to prescribe flu medication, administer flu shots to babies and administer RSV vaccines ahead of an expected fall viral surge.

  Health

  Sep 14, 2023
  
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• Shoppers Drug Mart opens 2 pharmacy care clinics in Ontario

  On Tuesday, the company announced it opened the first two clinics located at Headon Plaza in Burlington and Meadowvale Town Centre in Mississauga.

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2023
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• Ontario growing pharmacists’ prescribing powers, eyes further expansion

  Two months after regulatory changes allowed pharmacists to prescribe treatments for 13 common ailments, Ontario announced in its budget that it is planning a further expansion.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2023
• Ontario considers expanding scope of practice for nurses, pharmacists, and more

  Ontario is considering expanding the scope of what certain health professionals, such as nurses, can do in periods of ``high patient volumes.''

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2023
• Canadian pharmacists have new prescriptive powers amid doctor shortages

  "Pharmacies are trying to do a lot with limited resources,'' said Danielle Paes, chief pharmacist officer at the Canadian Pharmacists Association.

  Health

  Jan 2, 2023
• Ontario pharmacists can prescribe for 13 common ailments as of Jan. 1

  The province's ministry of health issued a reminder of the previously announced move on Wednesday, noting the service will be free with a health card.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2022
• Pharmacists could lessen pressure on health-care system, says association

  The Ontario Pharmacists Association is continuing to push for an expanded scope of practice, which it says could alleviate pressure on the province's health care system.

  Health

  Nov 11, 2022
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• Here’s why Ontario pharmacists say Doug Ford is wrong to blame pharmacies for flu shot backlogs

  Pharmacists in Ontario say it was actually the province who fell short in their promise to deliver flu shots to pharmacies. The provincial government disagrees.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2020
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• Ontario’s changes to pharmacist payments would save government $436 million

  The changes would see the province pocket a portion of the dispensing fees and mark-ups that pharmacists currently receive on all drug claims.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2019