Licensing

College of Pharmacists of BC wants to know

CALGARY | If Canadians are truly interested in improving the nation’s healthcare system, reducing wait times for treatment, and maintaining universal access to care, then Canada should emulate the Swiss health care system, concludes a new report from the Fraser Institute, a public policy think-tank.

It seems odd for a doctor to be found liable for malpractice—to the tune of $4 million—and then realize most of the judge’s ruling was copied, verbatim, from the plaintiff’s court brief. Questions of fairness arise: Did the judge even listen to the doctor’s side of the story?

A “disgraced” former cosmetic surgeon is attempting to get his license to practice back, but he’s facing stiff resistance from the Ontario college, the Toronto Star reports.

Healthcare transformation, health equity and advocacy are three themes that will permeate the presidency of Dr. Francscutti. In this interview, he discusses scope of practice and doctors' unique value proposition, why doctors need to get on with it and 'do what they need to do,' and why they need to love the system they work in.

Two physicians in a northern Manitoba community have been taken off the job after an "altercation" at the local hospital, the CBC reports.

Manitoba pharmacists have formally passed the bulky regulations document supporting the province’s long-anticipated new Pharmaceutical Act.

A cardiologist in Windsor, Ont., is facing a disciplinary hearing on allegations he misrepresented a professional credential and that he failed to provide "accurate and comprehensive information."