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Wednesday, November 27, 2019 11:45 AM
A steering committee with representatives from all three parties in the legislature has worked together on a proposal to modernize the province’s health professions regulatory system, with a focus on increasing transparency and patient safety.
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Monday, November 25, 2019 12:30 PM
People living in Victoria will soon have better access to team-based everyday health care with the opening of the city’s first urgent and primary care centre (UPCC).
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Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:36 AM
The Province will restrict vapour product access, flavours, nicotine content, packaging and advertising, and intends to increase taxes on vapour products, to protect youth from risks associated with vaping.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:45 PM
Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, has confirmed the first probable case of a vaping-related illness in B.C.
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Thursday, October 10, 2019 8:45 AM
Year two of the B.C. Surgical and Diagnostic Imaging Strategy continues to move forward with the opening of a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite at Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH).
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019 12:50 PM
The Ministry of Health is changing how people access long-term care to make the process more client-centred, consistent and fair and to ensure seniors have greater choice in where they live.
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Thursday, June 20, 2019 10:30 AM
Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, has released the following statement on the call for action from the Canadian Cancer Society on youth vaping:
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Thursday, May 2, 2019 9:15 AM
People throughout B.C. will continue to get improved access to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams as government adds 15,000 more exams in the second year of the B.C. Surgical and Diagnostic Imaging Strategy after exceeding its first-year targets.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 3:14 PM
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.s provincial health officer (PHO), has released her report entitled Stopping the Harm: Decriminalization of People Who Use Drugs in BC, as part of an effort to mitigate the provincial overdose crisis.
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Saturday, April 13, 2019 9:08 AM
Physicians in British Columbia have ratified a new three-year agreement with government that will work to support the shift to team-based care and better access to health care for people.
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