We are pleased to share an update on our progress in addressing business pressures in pharmacy in Ontario.
One of the College’s four goals in our 2024-2028 Strategic Plan is focused on ensuring pharmacy business practices do not interfere with the well-being of pharmacy professionals or their ability to meet the Standards of Practice or Code of Ethics. In alignment with that goal, in March 2024, the Ontario College of Pharmacists’ Board of Directors established a zero-tolerance approach for any business practice that impedes the ability of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to deliver safe, quality care.
We continue to move forward with an extensive list of actions and strategies to implement the zero-tolerance approach.
Read the progress update here.
For a full list of all of the actions we are taking, please review the March 24 Board meeting materials, item 6.1d, starting on page 90.