Class-action lawsuits make news for their big sums – last year, pharmaceutical giant Merck settled a suit over its heart drug Vioxx for $37-million – but a more prosaic challenge gets less attention.
Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) employed in nursing grew 29% in Alberta in a five year period, yet the province has the second lowest number of LPNs per population of any Canadian jurisdiction and fewer than half work full time.
After 13 years at the helm of Canada's national pharmacists' advocacy group, Jeff Poston has announced his retirement as executive director of the Canadian Pharmacists' Association.
