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B.C. reports 120% increase in prescriptions after pharmacists gain new powers

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VANCOUVER — British Columbia government figures show a 120 per cent increase in the number of prescriptions renewed or adjusted after the province expanded pharmacists' powers last October, part of an effort to ease strains in the health-care system.

B.C. pharmacists gained the ability to administer more vaccines and renew or adjust prescriptions for a wider range of drugs, with further changes on the way.

Recently released data show nearly 60,000 prescriptions were renewed or modified by pharmacists in January, more than double the monthly average of about 27,200 in the year before the changes. Pharmacist Christine Antler, regional director of pharmacy for Pharmasave, says patient care and health outcomes have improved since the expansion.

 

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