In the UK pharmacists have long prescribed drugs -- pharmacists are highly trained medical professionals and it makes sense for them to be more involved in treatment. That said, they need to be properly paid and drugs cost significant monies to develop. It's not obvious what the best way to go:
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Rob Ferguson
Queen's Park Bureau
The stage is set for a battle between the Ontario government and pharmacists over drug reforms introduced Wednesday by Health Minster Deb Matthews.
The government says Ontarians could see their pharmacists fulfil services that doctors and nurses have mostly performed until now.
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Pharmacists are allowed to renew drugs in BC but good luck finding one willing to do it. Just changing the law to allow something doesn't mean that they will do it.
Good point
Pharmacists are by far the most accessible health care professionals in Canada. Community pharmacies are under at risk under the proposed changes. Likely outcomes are: reduced service, longer wait times for prescriptions, reduced hours and, at worst case, some smaller independent pharmacies closing their doors. Ont proposes some new revenue streams to offset the potential loss from eliminating "professional allowances" received from generic companies, but it is not enough to offset it completely.
the elephant in the room is health care and the elephant has no clothes. first, the health premium goes into general revenues. next, millions squandered on e-health. now, the government is picking the pharmacists pockets because they have no ideas.
this drug reform is an illusion. now instead of the drug companies paying, the consumer will have to pay for the cost of distributing drugs. every pharmacy has a landlord, a mortgage and labour costs and those rates are not regulated. . . the government does not even fund pharmacies
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