Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

Patients and their providers increasingly face limited or nonexistent supplies of drugs, many of which treat conditions such as cancer, heart disease and bacterial infections. But why?

Health Canada wants to introduce new user fees and labelling requirements for supplements.

The Calgary clinic is promising fast-track access to a family doctor along with other perks to patients who pay up to $4,800 a year.

The Progressive Conservatives hope to recruit 150 family physicians to provide services in all areas of the province with cohorts of 50 doctors allocated for Winnipeg, northern Manitoba and rural communities.

The new additions include procedures to address secondary sex characteristics and additional areas of gender incongruence.

It’s the first contract since the nurses—and other broader public sector workers—were subject for three years to a wage restraint law known as Bill 124, which capped increases at 1% a year.

Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a health-sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, stepped down as co-chair of the department’s scientific advisory committee on pest control products late last month.

Penalties for speaking out? The Medical Post’s B.C. columnist looks at the impact of the new Health Professions and Occupations Act