Under the new rules, the colleges will investigate complaints but the provincially appointed director of discipline will establish a panel to decide how someone will be disciplined.
Across the country, community pharmacies’ claims for publicly funded services grew—in some cases, by triple digits—according to data compiled by the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy.
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner found that pharmacist Ahmed Abuel Shouhoud had contravened Alberta’s Health Information Act—three years after having been sanctioned by the college for the same incident.
As we start the new year, Canada’s pharmacare plan stands at a crossroads. Will we deliver universal access to prescription drugs or keep a patchwork system that leaves millions at risk?
Flying under the radar in the current parliamentary session are two studies by Parliamentary Standing Committees, each with potentially serious implications for medical innovation, pandemic preparedness and access to medicines.
