CSHP Benchmarking Report Tracks Rising Hospital Drug Costs and Staffing Pressure

The 2023/24 Hospital Pharmacy in Canada survey reports higher median drug costs in critical care and medicine, alongside lower pharmacist staffing per bed. The findings offer useful benchmarks—but not a national census or a ready-made staffing target.

Health Canada Updates Drug-Shortage Guidance on Reporting, Imports and Expiry Dates

Health Canada revised six drug and medical-device shortage guides on October 7, clarifying reporting, foreign-authorized supply and batch-specific expiry extensions. The documents explain regulated-party processes; they do not give pharmacies blanket permission to import medicines or extend expiry dates.

U of A Researcher Urges Routine Deprescribing Reviews to Reduce Polypharmacy Harm