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Just two weeks before Manitoba elects a new provincial government, the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Manitoba has promised—if they are re-elected—to pay pharmacists to prescribe medication for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTI).

Internal medicine residency program now considered equivalent to Canadian programs

Proposed regulations to allow further expansion of Ontario pharmacists’ scope of practice are ready for public consultation.

The Canadian Medical Association has seen a drop-off in membership after the sale of MD Financial last year.

As the scope of pharmacy expands from providing a safe drug dispensing to new services such as minor ailment prescribing and vaccination, advocacy groups like the Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan (PAS) must step up to keep the public aware and the pharmacists confident.