The Province, together with local partners, is establishing the Medical Arts Urgent and Primary Care Centre in Nanaimo to give people in the region increased access to team-based primary care.

People in Burnaby will soon have increased access to team-based health care with the launch of three primary-care networks (PCNs) and the opening of the new Burnaby Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) in May 2019.

Government is transforming everyday health care for people living in Fraser northwest communities by establishing four networks of team-based primary-care providers, which will bring additional resources and strengthened support to the region.

Residents in Vancouver’s downtown and West End now have improved access to team-based urgent primary care with the opening of the City Centre Urgent Primary Care Centre.

Residents of Fort St. James and the surrounding area will have better access to local health care with the addition of new full-time primary care physicians in the region.

The Kamloops Urgent Primary Care and Learning Centre (UPCLC) will provide people a new option for timely primary care when it opens, announced Adrian Dix, Minister of Health.

It will be easier for Surrey residents to receive ongoing primary health care when one of 10 new urgent primary-care centres in the province opens in fall 2018, announced Premier John Horgan.

The Ministry of Health is adding 50 new clinical pharmacists as part of primary-care network teams around the province.

The provincial government is establishing the new South Island Hip and Knee Program as part of its new surgical strategy aimed at reducing wait times for the health care British Columbians need.

Abbotsford-area MLAs joined with members of the community to celebrate the launch of Foundry Abbotsford, a new integrated youth-service centre.