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Tuesday, April 4, 2023 1:57 PM
Together, the Province, the BC Nurses’ Union and the Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA) have achieved a new staffing model and more supports for nurses to strengthen B.C.’s health-care system and patient care.
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023 11:45 AM
Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, has released the following statement on Public Health Week from April 3-7:
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Friday, March 31, 2023 5:35 PM
British Columbians will be the first in Canada to benefit from universal coverage of prescription contraceptives, beginning Saturday, April 1, 2023.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 9:15 AM
The Province is taking actions to ensure that diabetes patients in B.C. do not experience a shortage of the diabetes drug semaglutide (Ozempic) in an environment where surging demand in some jurisdictions is creating shortages.
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Saturday, March 11, 2023 7:30 AM
Premier David Eby; Adrian Dix, Minister of Health; and Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, have issued the following joint statement to acknowledge the National Day of Observance for people affected by COVID-19:
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023 12:30 PM
On International Women’s Day, the B.C. government is promoting gender equity through actions such as providing free contraceptives for all, introducing pay transparency legislation and the Intimate Images Protection Act.
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Monday, February 27, 2023 12:45 PM
People with children aged six months to four years are advised that Canada’s current supply of the infant Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine expires on March 8, 2023.
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Thursday, February 23, 2023 9:52 AM
People in mental-health crises at hospital emergency rooms will have quicker access to care, as nurse practitioners (NPs) are now able to assess patients for involuntary admission under the Mental Health Act.
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Thursday, February 2, 2023 1:30 PM
British Columbians will have improved access to emergency health services as the Province invests approximately $2 million into expanding paramedic training programs in communities around the province.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023 1:15 PM
A new family physician payment model has come into effect to help more family physicians start or continue their practice and ensure people throughout the province have access to primary care.
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