We need your help and support
Further to our message posted Friday, February 5 we wanted to let you know we are going into discussions with the Ontario government starting this week. We are anxious to create the best possible conditions for success and believe that the best way to achieve that is to stand down on our advocacy campaign [...]
Important Update for all Ontario Pharmacists
Your communications efforts on behalf of Ontario’s Community Pharmacies to date have been tremendous. We wanted to apprise you of new developments. We are entering into more formal discussions with the Ontario government and it is our intent to have the best possible outcome. Part of the process includes an agreement to not conduct [...]
Pharmacy Gateway report: Alberta pharmacy agreement inked
A story from Pharmacy Gateway regarding the recent pharmacy deal signed in Alberta.
Alberta pharmacy agreement inked
Written by Barbara Kermode-Scott on January 29, 2010
Collaboration has proven key in negotiating a good deal for Alberta’s pharmacists, pharmacies, public, patients and provincial government, argues Margaret Wing, acting CEO of the Alberta Pharmacists’ Association (RxA).
“This is a great story,” [...]
New Myth/Fact: Most Ontario Pharmacies are Small Businesses
The Claim
In its public and media relations, the Ontario government is positioning community pharmacy funding cuts as part of a “battle” with “big drug chains”. Briefed by an Ontario government official, Adam Radwanski of the Globe and Mail wrote on December 13, 2009:
The government’s challenge will be to convince Ontarians that its quarrel isn’t [...]
“…some pharmacies aren’t going to survive…”
That’s the assessment of Dennis Lee, owner of Orillia-area Laclie Guardian Pharmacy.
The Orillia Packet and Times reports on the Ontario government’s proposed cuts to community pharmacy in this story titled “Bitter Pill: Generic drug company rebates may be cut.”
Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop says many pharmacy owners and their customers have called his office with [...]
Breakthrough in Alberta
Alberta government and pharmacy reach agreement to protect and enhance pharmacy services; reduce generic drug prices; maintain economic viability of community pharmacies. See the joint Alberta Pharmacists’ Association-CACDS news release below.
Pharmacy Endorses Alberta’s New Funding and Services Plan
Collaborative Approach Will Build Drug System That Works for Patients, Pharmacies, Government
EDMONTON, Jan. 28 /CNW/ – The Alberta Pharmacists’ Association [...]
Volume-focused pharmacies?
Windsor pharmacist Natalie Packer had the following letter to the editor published in today’s Windsor Star:
I am in complete agreement with Mr. Murgic’s concerns over the pending threats to community pharmacy. There is no greater fulfilment than that obtained through collaboration with patients, empowering them to achieve their optimal health outcomes.
As pharmacists, we already feel [...]
Ontario ignoring pharmacy advice
Pharmacist Frank Murgic of Tecumseh, Ontario, had the following letter to the editor published in today’s Windsor Star:
As a pharmacist, I am extremely concerned about the impact the Ontario government’s planned funding cuts would have on my patients and my pharmacy. I nearly choked on my coffee when I read that the Ministry of Health [...]
Pharmacists to Rally in Oshawa and Newmarket
Following another successful rally last night in Windsor, Ontario’s Community Pharmacies are preparing to gather next week in Oshawa and Newmarket.
The Call to Action rallies are designed to educate Ontario’s community pharmacists about the status of the government’s potential funding cuts and to let you know how you can work with your customers to stop [...]
REMINDER: Pharmacists Rally Tonight in Windsor
Tonight, January 21, 2010, pharmacists from southwestern Ontario will gather in Windsor as part of the Call to Action series of rallies being held by Ontario’s Community Pharmacies across the province.
So far, the rallies have been a great success with nearly 3,000 pharmacists attending a rally or webinar. But we still need your support. We [...]