Canadian pharmacists have new prescriptive powers amid doctor shortages
Ontario also expanded pharmacists’ prescriptive powers to include medications for minor ailments as of Jan. 1. Last month, they began prescribing the COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid.“As a national association, we’ve heard time and time again from pharmacists that they want to practise to their full scope. You know, it brings a great deal of fulfilment.”The changes bring both provinces in line with guidance from Health Canada and other provinces.
Last week, Yukon announced that it was also allowing pharmacists to prescribe medications for minor ailments, making permanent an expansion that had been in place on a temporary basis since May 2020. Margaret Wing, CEO of the Alberta Pharmacists’ Association, said that being empowered to operate closer to their full potential actually made the job easier when pressures mounted.
“There’s been, I think, an opportunity within our environment that made it a little bit more seamless for them to practise in these very difficult, high demand, high stress environments because of the existing scope that they’ve had for 15 years.”
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