Health Science Professionals employees have voted in favour of a new two-year agreement representing the fifth and final agreement for health-sector workers under the government's 2012 Cooperative Gains Mandate.

A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was released today as an important step toward the completion of the top two floors of the Polson Tower that will build 60 inpatient beds.

The next phase of the BC Children's and BC Women's Hospitals redevelopment project is moving ahead with the evaluation of proponents who responded to the Request for Qualifications to build a new Acute Care Centre.

Our government continues to place a high priority on improving services for seniors. We have followed through on our commitment to establish an Office of the Seniors' Advocate.

Fraser Health, together with Chartwell Retirement Residences, today announced the official opening of Carlton Gardens Care Centre, a redeveloped 128-bed residential care facility for seniors in Burnaby.

Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid issued the following statement today in response to an audit report from the Office of the Auditor General, which examined a government service delivery contract with MAXIMUS BC.

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month provides a great opportunity for British Columbians to learn more about preventing, treating and beating the third most-common cancer in Canada.

Dr. Perry Kendall, provincial health officer for British Columbia, has been awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal.