There are dozens of health occupations that will benefit from the funding, including audiologists, dietitians, lab technologists and radiation therapists.
A statement from the pharmacy chain says the stores remain closed out of an abundance of caution but customers are still being provided with urgent pharmacy care.
Some staff are compounding sterile preparations for patients without passing gloved fingertip sampling and media fill testing in a competency assessment program, the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia says.
During the search for a candidate, the College of Family Physicians of Canada decided to drop ‘interim’ from the role since it felt the initial two-year term needed to be extended.
