Unclaimed medications are costing Nunavut, says report on pharmacy services – CBC

Study finds some patients have never met or spoken to their pharmacist

Dec 10, 2015

Nunavut faces major problems in the way that pharmaceuticals are distributed, managed and dispensed, according to a new study published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice.

The study looked at how pharmacy services are delivered in a territory that grapples with problems including a shortage of pharmacists, weather-related delays, and language and cultural barriers between health care providers and the people they serve.

In Nunavut, 85 per cent of the population are Inuit beneficiaries who receive their pharmaceuticals at no charge through federal or territorial funding. But medications are often not getting into the hands of patients.

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