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Submission deadline closes Feb. 18. Awards will be presented at the BC Pharmacy Association Awards Gala on Friday, May 22, 2020 in Whistler.

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As of Jan. 19, 2020, one pharmacist from every pharmacy enrolled in the Methadone Maintenance Provider program is now required to complete Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) training.

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Health Minister thanks B.C. pharmacists for role in helping low-income patients

B.C.’s Health Minister Adrian Dix paired up with the BC Pharmacy Association early in the new year to mark the first year of reduced or eliminated…

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Welcome our new Board members!

We are pleased to welcome new and returning faces to the BC Pharmacy Association Board of Directors.

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Celebrating the MLA flu shot program

The BC Pharmacy Association has revamped its MLA Outreach Program and has given nearly two dozen pharmacy tours to MLAs since March, when the association…

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B.C.'s pharmacists are getting ready for the 2019/20 flu season

October 30, 2019

VANCOUVER, Oct. 30, 2019 — As British Columbia heads into the 2019/20 flu season, the province's community pharmacists are quickly becoming stocked and ready to fight back against the flu by providing influenza vaccines on the front-lines.

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CEO's Message: National pharmacare needs input from pharmacists

October 16, 2019

By the time this issue of The Tablet is in your hands, Canada will have elected a new government. While I can’t possibly predict the outcome, what I know for sure is that the next federal government will make some moves to put a national pharmacare…

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BC Pharmacy Assoc.

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"We need new approaches to the process of prescribing and dispensing drugs," writes the editorial board of the @timescolonist. New approaches, such as allowing pharmacists to prescribe #medications with limits. https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-prescription-system-that-benefits-providers-not-patients-needs-to-change-1.24055671 …

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Medication affordability is important. Thank you @AdrianDix for inviting BC Pharmacy Association president @shaw_keith for this important announcement to mark one year after the first-ever change to Fair PharmaCare deductibles and co-payments. https://www.voiceonline.com/enhanced-fair-pharmacare-benefits-people-with-low-incomes/ … pic.twitter.com/gm3UzgayNW

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BC Pharmacy Assoc.

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Health Minister Adrian Dix today marked the first anniversary of the Fair #PharmaCare program, which reduces or eliminates medication deductibles for lower-income patients. BCPhA president Keith Shaw thanks pharmacists across BC for making change seamless for British Columbians. pic.twitter.com/4wmlzMLrmN

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Health Minister thanks B.C. pharmacists for role in helping low-income patients

Welcome our new Board members!

Celebrating the MLA flu shot program