Indigenous women with complex mental-health and substance-use challenges in and around Surrey will soon have access to safe, culturally supportive housing and wraparound services to help them with their recovery. 

More women living with substance-use challenges on Vancouver Island can benefit from more options to help them with their recovery through 20 newly opened substance-use treatment beds in Victoria.

The Province is taking action to improve care for people who suffer from severe, overlapping mental-health and substance-use challenges, including brain injuries from toxic-drug poisonings, ensuring they have the right care to meet their needs.

The Province is taking action to prevent the diversion of prescribed opioids and hold bad actors accountable for putting people and communities at risk.

Josie Osborne, Minister of Health, has released the following statement about the BC Coroners Service report on illicit drug toxicity deaths in 2024: 

Seniors in Kamloops and the surrounding area will have greater access to care closer to home with the opening of a new long-term care home with 100 new publicly funded beds.

Seniors in Surrey are one step closer to accessing new long-term care (LTC) beds as construction begins for a new LTC home at 6471 175A St.

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:

British Columbia’s provincial health officer has issued followup recommendations in a report to government in response to the toxic-drug crisis.