Earlier this year, the Board of the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia approved significant changes to the provincial Drug Schedules Regulation (DSR) under the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act (PODSA).
The National Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee (NDSAC) is a committee of the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) which serves to advise NAPRA on matters relating to the National Drug Schedules (NDS) program. The primary function of the eight-member committee is to review and...
Based in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, CPBC is currently seeking a full-time Enterprise Change Manager to join its Business Transformation department on a two (2) year term.
In British Columbia, only nurses with certified practice are authorized to prescribe.
A few years ago, the Board embarked on what they saw as a straightforward project: creating a simple "bill of rights" for pharmacy care. The idea was to develop an accessible way to help the public understand what they should expect when they walk into any pharmacy in BC. This led to our "What You Can Expect from Your Pharmacy Visit" poster, which has been required in all BC pharmacies since...
The Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver is currently conducting a project titled, Exploring pharmacists’ perspectives on improving care for people with opioid use disorder, that is funded by the Ministry of Health Seed Research Grant. The purpose of this project is to identify the facilitators and barriers pharmacists experience when providing care for...