B.C. has taken the first steps to allow pharmacists to prescribe for minor ailments and contraception with two proposed amendments that offer insights into the details of how this will work.
The province announced Friday an agreement in principle with the Saskatchewan Medical Association that will see additional funding available to eligible after-hours urgent care and walk-in clinics.
Noticeably absent from the NDP leader’s recent speech, and from the 2023-24 spending plan, was any mention of one of his party’s biggest priorities: pharmacare.
Allison Holthoff died at the Cumberland Regional Health Centre in Amherst, N.S., due to complications associated with an untreated splenic aneurysm, according to a statement of claim filed Feb. 22.
