BC pharmacists propose new clinical services to save millions in health care budget

摘要

In the lead-up to a hotly contested provincial election, the BC Pharmacy Association (BCPhA) presented MLAs and candidates from all parties with proposals for 7 new clinical services the association would like to see ? delivered by pharmacists.As British Columbians prepared to go to the polls on May 15,2013, the association made the case for significant expansion of pharmacists' scope of practice-saying the new services would increase access to primary care and reduce the province's swelling health care budget.