As we take time during this Pharmacy Awareness Month to recognize the contributions of pharmacists, it's difficult to ignore the growing challenges facing the profession.
The group says these layoffs ‘have significant unintended consequences for reducing American consumers’ access to high-quality, cost-effective healthcare.’
The federal government says this program would incentivize nearly 28,000 healthcare and social service professionals over a 10-year period to serve underserved rural and remote communities.
Last March, the Globe and Mail and CBC News reported on allegations that some pharmacists in B.C. were paying vulnerable patients around $50 a week to use their services.