Advocacy
The Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan is the voice of pharmacists in our province. As a partner in the healthcare system, PAS collaborates and advocates for advancing the application of the full scope of pharmacy practice.
Advocating on behalf of our membership, PAS advocates in four key areas; outreach and submission to the government, topics of interest surrounding pharmacy practice in healthcare, research on pharmacy practice, and committee participation on pharmacy-related issues.
The association works with stakeholders like the Saskatchewan College of Pharmacy Professionals, Ministry of Health, the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Pharmacists Association and other groups to raise awareness and understanding of the full scope of practice of community and hospital pharmacy in Saskatchewan.
Outreach and Submissions
The Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan is the voice of pharmacists in our province. As a partner in the healthcare system, PAS collaborates and advocates for advancing the application of the full scope of pharmacy practice.
Part of advocacy is ensuring stakeholders know the concerns of pharmacists and pharmacies. PAS shares these concerns through outreach and submissions to our stakeholders.
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest are subjects relating to or about pharmacy practice in healthcare. These are areas where a pharmacists role is evolving, expanding or pharmacy practice is experiencing some kind of change within a local, provincial or federal context.
Some of the current topics are:
Research
As innovation is a key part of the PAS strategic plan, it is important that PAS participates when opportunities to seek new innovations around pharmacy practice and the pharmacist's full expanded role in healthcare. As a part of our partnership with CPhA and the provincial associations across Canada, PAS is able to take advantage of presented research opportunities. Below are some of the more recent opportunities.
Conference Board of Canada Report Value of Community Pharmacy in Saskatchewan (2018)
Conference Board of Canada Report on the Economic Footprint of Pharmacies in Saskatchewan
Outcomes of Urinary Tract Infection Management by Pharmacists
Committees
PAS is a part of the member benefits working group along with the other provincial associations, organized by the CPhA. The group determines new membership association benefits.
PAS is on the third party payor working group along with the other Provincial associations, organized by the CPhA (Canadian Pharmacists Association).The main goals of the group are to determine issues related to reimbursement of pharmacy benefits that impact the ability to provide quality care, address these issues and improve the working relationship with third party payors (adjudicators, private payors, insurance companies) to achieve these goals.
Advocacy News from CPhA
January 13, 2020 - Stronger Together
January 6, 2020 - Stronger Together
December 16, 2019 - Stronger Together
December 9, 2019 - Stronger Together