On November 5, 2019, the College received its Canada Award for Excellence – Silver Certification in the Excellence, Innovation and Wellness® category.
June is National Indigenous History Month and the College would like to remind all Canadians to take a moment to reflect on, recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions to Canadian society of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples.
A review of pharmacy’s most common patient-induced therapeutic errors and how pharmacists can help avoid them by the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre.
Did your project improve how care is delivered? Do you know somebody whose hard work and passion for improving our health care system deserves recognition?
We are now accepting nominations for the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council’s 2020 Quality Awards.
During Pharmacy Practice Reviews, Compliance Officers continue to come across pharmacies with unreported changes to their layout. This is often due to confusion over the types of layout changes that need to be submitted to the College.
Call for Abstracts is now OPEN!
Abstract submission deadline: September 13, 2019
Recently, a decision was made by the Ministry of Health to provide coverage for the commercially available Metadol-D product (DIN 2244290) as an alternative for patients in the community who cannot take or are not benefiting from Methadose. As of May 28, 2019, Metadol-D (10mg/mL) is eligible for regular benefit coverage through PharmaCare.
A reminder that Phase 2 of the new compounding standards should now be completed and pharmacies and pharmacy professionals should begin to shift their focus to Phase 3.
This past week, the College was fortunate enough to be invited back to the second annual Mental Health and Wellness Summit hosted by the First Nations Health Authority!
May 6-12 is Mental Health Week!
Stigma is an everyday reality for many Canadians living with a mental health issue, or addiction. They fear that they will be treated and looked upon differently because of their illness and, as such, will lose access to important services.
This February, the College issued a call for applications from pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and the public and received an overwhelming response of over 90 applications.
We'd like to thank all applicants for their interest in the College. The College’s volunteer committee members enable the College to achieve its mandate of regulating the pharmacy profession in the public interest.
Like any business, physical or operational changes to a pharmacy may be necessary from time to time in order to meet the needs of the patients it serves. These changes must be reported to the College in accordance with the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act (PODSA), the Pharmacy Operations General Regulation, and the College’s bylaws.