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Ontario Pharmacists Association says ability to prescribe birth control should be next

”We would like to see that implemented sooner rather than later," said Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacists Association.

Published Oct 4, 2023 at 2:56pm

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Ontario Pharmacists Association says ability to prescribe birth control should be next

Signage explaining that Ontario pharmacists are able to provide prescriptions for minor health conditions is photographed at a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy in Etobicoke, Ont., on January 11, 2023. (Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press)

Pharmacists in Ontario can now diagnose and treat 19 common ailments but they still can't prescribe birth control or emergency contraception. 

”We would like to see that implemented sooner rather than later," Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacists Association, told The Canadian Press. 

"I think it's a particular miss not to have emergency contraception and birth control" on the list of prescriptions the province's pharmacists are allowed to prescribe, Bates said.

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