Ontario is expanding its successful MedsCheck program, giving more Ontarians access to consultations with their local pharmacist to ensure they are using their medications safely and effectively.

Three new services are now available to ensure that more Ontarians will benefit from a consultation:

• MedsCheck for Diabetes: for Ontarians living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes

• MedsCheck Long-Term Care: for residents of long-term care homes

• MedsCheck at Home: for people who are home-bound and have difficulty traveling to a community pharmacy, a community pharmacist will visit the person in their home for the review.

Under the program, eligible Ontarians receive a one-on-one consultation with a pharmacist to discuss the safe and appropriate use of any combination of prescription, over-the-counter and alternative medications they may be using.

Expanding health care services is part of the government’s Open Ontario Plan to provide more access to health care and improve quality and accountability for patients.

• More than 650,000 Ontarians have received a MedsCheck consultation since the program was launched in 2007.
• A MedsCheck consultation with the pharmacist does not require a referral from a doctor.
• All MedsCheck consultations are done in-person with the patient.

• New MedsCheck Services
• Find out more about Ontario’s MedsCheck Program.
• Find out more about Ontario’s Diabetes Strategy.
• Learn more about Drug Program Reforms in Ontario.