Manitoba pharmacists will soon have ability to prescribe birth control, HIV medications – CBC
Health minister says province will be expanding pharmacists’ powers ‘in the coming days and weeks’
May 16, 2025
Pharmacists in Manitoba will soon be able to prescribe birth control, the province’s health minister revealed this week in an announcement that came as a pleasant surprise to the industry.
Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara told the legislature Wednesday that granting pharmacists the means to assess and prescribe contraceptives is a “very reasonable expansion of scope for pharmacists in Manitoba.”
The minister added in an interview the government is moving “very quickly” on the changes, which will take effect “in the coming days and weeks.”
“We’re trying to get it out the door as quickly as we can for pharmacists across the province who have been asking for this for years,” they said.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pharmacists-birth-control-hiv-prescriptions-1.7535482
