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N.S. healthcare funds should address staffing shortages and primary care needs
Dr. Leisha Hawker, president of Doctors Nova Scotia, says improving the primary care clinic structure will help attract new physicians to a province where 130,000 residents are without a family doctor.
PMPRB appoints new chair
The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), has appointed Thomas Digby as its new chair.

Contractor association complaint against Ottawa Hospital cites 'restrictive' deal

The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada, which represents more than 25,000 construction workers, alleges the labour agreement is restrictive and decreases the number of eligible workers.
Techs in Man. and Sask. must complete cultural equity module

The module was developed in collaboration with 16 provincial health regulatory colleges to support awareness and knowledge of health inequity.
The Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada hosts multilateral 'meeting of the minds'

The meeting was a chance to introduce the IPPC and discuss Indigenous representation in pharmacy, strategies to improve Indigenous health, and anti-Indigenous racism in pharmacy.
Nova Scotia program setting IMGs up with a soft landing instead of a thud

Orientation program provides practical information.
The kids aren’t alright: CAPSI survey finds pharmacy students are struggling with mental health issues

Nearly all students who responded to the survey said that stress from pharmacy school negatively impacted their mental health, and 85% said that it had a moderate to severe impact on it.
As sexual assault rates rise, provinces face shortages of specially trained nurses

Timely care from a well-trained forensic nurse can help stave off a cascade of post-traumatic effects, including depression, anxiety and even suicide.
Pharmacy learners affected as classes pause during Memorial University faculty strike

Pharmacy students have multiple classes affected.
Ontario hospital nurses start contract talks, plan 'escalating actions'

The nurses, and other broader public sector workers, have been subject for three years to a wage restraint law known as Bill 124, which capped increases at 1% a year.

N.S. healthcare funds should address staffing shortages and primary care needs

PMPRB appoints new chair

Contractor association complaint against Ottawa Hospital cites 'restrictive' deal

Techs in Man. and Sask. must complete cultural equity module

The Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada hosts multilateral 'meeting of the minds'

Nova Scotia program setting IMGs up with a soft landing instead of a thud

The kids aren’t alright: CAPSI survey finds pharmacy students are struggling with mental health issues

As sexual assault rates rise, provinces face shortages of specially trained nurses

Pharmacy learners affected as classes pause during Memorial University faculty strike

Ontario hospital nurses start contract talks, plan 'escalating actions'