Seniors in Smithers will have greater access to care closer to home with the approval of a new long-term care home, which will bring 160 new publicly funded beds to the community.

Seniors in Quesnel will have greater access to care closer to home with the approval of a new long-term care home, which will bring more than 220 new publicly funded beds to the community.

People living in Chilliwack will soon benefit from enhanced long-term care as Fraser Health prepares to build a new 200-bed care home near Chilliwack General Hospital.

Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, has issued the following statement to make sure children in B.C. are up to date on all their vaccines as part of back-to-school preparations:

People are receiving safe, timely acute care from their own homes through the newly expanded Hospital at Home (HaH) program at Cowichan District Hospital (CDH).

People living in the Williams Lake area will benefit from more access to team-based health care with a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) coming in early 2025.

More people in the Mission area will benefit from a new state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) scanner that is now operational at Mission Memorial Hospital.

People in Oliver, Osoyoos and Okanagan Falls will have enhanced access to health care as the Province expands the Provincial Rural Retention Incentive (PRRI) program to the region.

People in the North are one step closer to enhanced acute care and a dedicated cardiac unit with the approval of the business plan for a new patient-care tower at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC).

More cancer patients, especially those living in rural and remote areas, will benefit from improved access to life-saving cancer care as the Province further invests in medical-travel supports, reducing costs and financial barriers.