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By Canadian Press

Lethbridge Superstore offers Alberta’s first walk-in health clinic led by pharmacists

Jun 24, 2022 | 4:08 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – A Canadian retailer has partnered with the University of Alberta to offer the province’s first pharmacist-led health clinic as part of a pilot project.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. says the walk-in clinic, which opens to patients Monday, is located inside the Real Canadian Superstore in Lethbridge.

Jeff Leger, head of pharmacy for Loblaw and president of Shoppers Drug Mart, says pharmacists in Alberta are uniquely positioned to relieve some of the burden on the province’s health-care system.

Pharmacists in the province are able to assess, prescribe and treat patients for a range of common illnesses and injuries, administer vaccines and support chronic disease management.

Health Minister Jason Copping, who attended today’s announcement in Lethbridge, says in a statement that the clinic will be a place where people can get help quickly and easily.

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He says it will help to increase access to primary care, which is a major challenge in the province’s health-care system.

Copping says the province is also working with Alberta Health Services to recruit more family doctors in places such as Lethbridge.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 24, 2022.

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