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Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists' scope to include more minor ailments (www.cbc.ca)

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Ontario is proposing to further expand pharmacists' scope of practice by adding to the list of minor ailments they can assess, allowing them to administer more vaccines and order some lab tests.

'Pharmacists are not doctors,' OMA says But doctors are pushing back on the scope expansions.

"The bottom line here is that pharmacists are not doctors," said Dr. Dominik Nowak, president of the Ontario Medical Association. "Doctors are trained for years and thousands of hours to diagnose and treat conditions."

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[–] a9249@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Good. I shouldn't need to wait 3 weeks for an appointment and 4 hours for the doctor being late for a goddamned prescription update and blood work order.