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New MAiD model practice standard: Advice to practitioners on many topics including suicidality
The new model practice standard was developed based on existing standards so provincial and territorial physician and nurse regulators can "adopt or adapt" with ease.
B.C. nurses reach tentative labour agreement with provincial government
The Nurses Bargaining Association says the agreement it reached Friday with the province’s Health Employers Association includes “record-setting compensation.”

What would pharmacare cost and look like in Canada?

Progress on pharmacare is one of the conditions of the confidence-and-supply agreement the NDP entered with the Liberals last year.
B.C. moves closer to allowing pharmacists to prescribe for minor ailments

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.
Saskatchewan announces increased compensation to doctors for after hours care

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.
New Brunswick accelerates process to license out of province nurses

New Brunswick Health Minister Bruce Fitch welcomed the new rules, saying the government looks forward to further conversations with the association.
Clock ticks on Liberal NDP deal as budget omits pharmacare bill promised in 2023

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.
The (pharmacy) funny pages: Careful with that!

Your weekly dose of giggles!
‘An antiquated and romantic notion’: N.L. premier says solo clinic practice will become a thing of the past in his province

Premier Dr. Andrew Furey says the Doc Martin model of healthcare will slowly fade away in favour of team-based models.
N.S. doctor denies alleged negligence in case of woman who died after long ER wait

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.