Adaptation and drug administration - data

This page has data on prescription adaptation by pharmacists and drug administration in pharmacies, in B.C.

The monitoring and evaluation data below illustrates the uptake of:

• Prescription adaptations by B.C. pharmacists since updates to College of Pharmacists of BC PPP-58: Adapting a Prescription in August 2024, and
• Drug administration in B.C. pharmacies since updates to College of Pharmacists of BC HPA Bylaws Schedule F Part 4, and the introduction of the Drug Administration Fee by the BC Ministry of Health in October 2022

On this page

• Adaptations and emergency fills 
• Drug administrations and publicly funded vaccines 
• Related links

Adaptations and emergency fills by pharmacists

Type of service	Monthly average services August 2023 – July 2024	Monthly services  March 2025	% Change
Adaptation, all types	67,480	89,286	+32%
"Directions for    use" modified	1,320	1,323	+0%
Dosage changed	1,942	2,290	+18%
Formulation    changed	2,825	2,902	+3%
Prescription    renewed	58,811	81,015	+38%
Therapeutic    substitution	2,583	1,756	-32%
Emergency fills	117,701	107,022	-9%

Monthly adaptations and emergency fills by pharmacists

Drug administrations and publicly funded vaccines by pharmacists

		April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024	April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025
Total drug administrations (excl. publicly funded vaccines)		294,712	363,787
Total publicly funded vaccines (excl. flu and COVID)		73,962	97,315

Data source: PharmaNet, Health Sector Information, Analysis and Reporting Division, Ministry of Health, July 16, 2025