Prescribing by Pharmacists
As regulated healthcare professionals, pharmacists are committed to the provision of high‐quality, patient‐centred care. Assessment of patients, management of their medications, and monitoring of care are core elements of pharmacists’ practice. The authorization to prescribe is a tool that enables pharmacists to perform these activities optimally.
CSHP's Position
Prescribing by Pharmacists: Statement
Background
Historically, patients have relied on physicians and dentists to prescribe medications, order laboratory tests, and conduct or supervise procedures consistent with the patients’ diagnoses. More recently, prescribing privileges in Canada have been extended to other healthcare professionals, such as nurse practitioners, nurses with an expanded scope of practice, clinical nurse specialists, registered midwives, dieticians, podiatrists, optometrists, and, in many jurisdictions, pharmacists. The impetus for these advanced professional roles is to improve patients’ access to care, by optimizing the roles of healthcare providers.
Key messages from CSHP
Position Statement
Information Paper
- Prescribing by Pharmacists: Information Paper (2009)
- Le pharmacien prescripteur : Document d’information (2009)
Authority to Prescribe Controlled Substances
Meetings
- Report on the Meeting with Health Canada, Office of Controlled Substances, March 10, 2011
- CSHP Meeting with Health Canada, Health Products and Food Branch, Agenda Item Summary, March 2011
- CSHP Meeting with Health Canada, Health Products and Food Branch, Record of Decisions, March 2010
- CSHP Meeting with Health Canada, Health Products and Food Branch, Agenda Item Summary, March 2010
Letters
- Minister of Health Response to CSHP, November 2005
- CSHP Letter to Minister of Health, July 2005
- Health Canada Response to CSHP, April 2004
- CSHP Letter to Health Canada, Office of Controlled Substances, April 2004
Prescribing by Pharmacists Campaign – 2010
- Campaign Letter to Healthcare Stakeholders in Provinces with Pharmacist Prescribing Legislation
- Campaign Letter to Healthcare Stakeholders in Provinces without Pharmacist Prescribing Legislation
- Campaign Letter to Legislative Stakeholders in Provinces with Pharmacist Prescribing Legislation
- Campaign Letter to Legislative Stakeholders in Provinces without Pharmacist Prescribing Legislation
- Campaign Letter to National Stakeholders
Ontario Medical Association (OMA)’s Media Campaign Against Pharmacists’ Expanding Scope of Practice - 2009
Letters
- CSHP Letter to the OMA December 3, 2009
- Ontario Premier McGuinty Response to CSHP November 16, 2009
- CSHP Letter to Ontario Premier McGuinty October 7, 2009
- CSHP Letter to the OMA October 6, 2009
Response to Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Resolutions - 2007
Letters
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CMA President Response to CSHP November 30, 2007
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CSHP Letter to CMA President October 2, 2007
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CSHP Letter to the Editor, Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) September 5, 2007
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CSHP in Print August 28-31, 2007
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CSHP Letters to the Globe and Mail, the Leader-Post (Regina), The Chronicle Herald (Halifax), The Vancouver Sun, and the Toronto Star August 27, 2007
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CMAJ Article: Kondro W. Canada's doctors assail pharmacist prescribing August 22, 2007