Allowing pharmacists to do more immediately improves access to health care, reduces strain elsewhere in system
Expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice is one of the fastest and most practical ways to improve access to primary care in Manitoba, according to a Winnipeg Free Press opinion column. The article argues that allowing pharmacists to assess and ...
Kenora Miner and News Pharmacists Manitoba calls for wider patient care scope
Pharmacists Manitoba is calling on the province to expand pharmacists’ scope of practice, saying they can play a greater role in delivering frontline health care. The organization argues that allowing pharmacists to assess and prescribe treatme...
Winnipeg Sun Pharmacists Manitoba calls for wider patient care scope
Pharmacists Manitoba is renewing its call for an expanded scope of practice, arguing that pharmacists are well-positioned to help address gaps in primary care. The organization is urging the province to allow pharmacists to assess and prescribe treat...
CJOB: Discussion on Expanding Pharmacists’ Scope of Practice in Manitoba
June 4 at 9 minutes and 30 seconds.
In a June 4 segment on 680 CJOB, discussion centered on Manitoba pharmacists’ push for an expanded scope of practice that would allow them to take on more direct patient care responsibilities. The conv...
Manitoba Pharmacists Say Province Has Canada’s Most Restrictive Scope of Practice
Pharmacists Manitoba is continuing its push to expand the role of pharmacists in the province’s health-care system, arguing that broader prescribing and assessment powers would improve patient access to care. The group says allowing pharmacists...
Manitoba pharmacists seek dose of new powers
Manitoba pharmacists are urging the provincial government to expand their scope of practice, allowing them to diagnose and prescribe treatment for 41 common ailments, including ear infections, shingles, asthma, and pink eye. Advocates say the change ...
Local pharmacists still awaiting measles vaccine details
Pharmacists in Manitoba are preparing to expand their role in the province’s measles response, but many say they are still waiting on direction from the province.
The Manitoba government confirms pharmacists will soon be authorized to ad...
How are pharmacies stepping up to slow the spread as measles cases continue to rise in Manitoba
Manitoba is seeing another wave of measles exposures, including at places like IKEA and a children’s play centre in the south end of the city.
As the province continues to report the highest number of cases in Canada, health officials sa...
Pharmacists in Manitoba can now administer measles-containing vaccines
Measles is continuing its spread in Manitoba, and pharmacists can now take a jab at the once-eliminated virus. The provincial government announced Tuesday that pharmacists can now administer the vaccine.
Manitoba pharmacists set to give measles shot as worst outbreak in decades grows
Manitoba pharmacists will be enlisted to help curb the spread of measles amid the worst outbreak of the highly contagious disease in decades.
Pharmacists Manitoba issued a public statement on Monday morning urging the province to enable pharma...