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- 9/19/2022
Dental care legislation among the first bills on the docket as Parliament resume
If granted royal assent, Bill C-31 would provide qualifying families with children under the age of 12 with up to $650 per child each year to pay for dental care services, depending on their household income. - 9/19/2022
CPSA seeking 2 new members for its competence committee
In order to qualify as a committee members, doctors must hold an active, valid permit to practise in the province. - 9/19/2022
Problem solved: How do I get patients to take virtual appointments as seriously as in-person appointments?
Four docs gave us their best advice! - 9/19/2022
Legault sorry for saying racism against Indigenous people at hospital is 'settled'
Legault says he never meant to offend when he said during a televised leaders debate last week that the situation at the hospital in Joliette, Que., is settled. - 9/18/2022
Continuing professional development: Netflix or Carnegie Hall?
While in-person events are fun, there are loads of reasons why we should maintain virtual options for continuing medical education. - 9/18/2022
Event spotlights specialty pharmacy
Neighbourhood Pharmacies takes initiative to demystify specialty market and unite stakeholders. - 9/18/2022
Safer opioid supply program leads to drop in hospitalizations, ER visits: study
The study found no increased risk of infections or overdoses and a decline in healthcare costs unrelated to primary care or outpatient medications after a year. - 9/18/2022
N.B. sexual assault nurse says premier's comments are a 'slap in the face'
CBC reported this week that a 26-year-old woman who went to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital last month after she had been raped was told there were no available nurses trained to perform the rape kit procedure. - 9/18/2022
‘Help Us Help You’ campaign helps pharmacies in Nova Scotia talk to the public about their services
The Nova Scotia Pharmacy Association launched the campaign to advise the public on how to make their interactions with pharmacies more efficient.