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Nurse practitioners can now assess patients for involuntary mental-health admission

Nurse practitioners can now assess patients for involuntary mental-health admission

The change to the Mental Health Act, effective immediately, means patients and police no longer need to face possible hours-long waits for a physician.
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Seniors advocate calls for changes to home support, saying it's too expensive

Seniors advocate calls for changes to home support, saying it's too expensive

Most provinces don’t charge for home support, and of those that do, B.C. is the most expensive, which means fewer people are using it, says a new report from the seniors advocate. Instead, they’re going into long-term care.
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B.C.'s first female Indigenous cabinet minister steps down

B.C.'s first female Indigenous cabinet minister steps down

Melanie Mark says at times the legislature has “felt like a torture chamber.”
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Remote work seen as essential for B.C. public service hiring

Remote work seen as essential for B.C. public service hiring

Effective April 1, government job ­postings will be open to people in any B.C. community where the hiring ministry has an office, but even then, there’s room for negotiation.
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After a long wait, disappointment as long-COVID clinic closes its doors

After a long wait, disappointment as long-COVID clinic closes its doors

The province’s four clinics, which form the Post COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clincial Care Network, will collapse into an online service at the end of March.
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Provincial government embraces work-from-home for more of its employees

Provincial government embraces work-from-home for more of its employees

Memo from the head of the public service says ministries are strongly encouraged to expand adoption of flexible work where it makes sense.
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B.C. Liberal leader says his party would expand free, accessible addiction treatment

B.C. Liberal leader says his party would expand free, accessible addiction treatment

The B.C. Liberals say they would invest $1.5 billion over three years.
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'Monumental' change: New system hikes pay for B.C. family physicians in effort to ease health-care crisis

'Monumental' change: New system hikes pay for B.C. family physicians in effort to ease health-care crisis

For the first time, B.C. family doctors will be compensated for both direct and indirect patient hours, where they deal with paperwork and read lab results.
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B.C. hires Alberta’s former chief medical officer of health on contract

B.C. hires Alberta’s former chief medical officer of health on contract

Dr. Deena Hinshaw will serve as B.C.’s new deputy provincial health officer for six months, while current deputy Dr. Martin Lavoie is on temporary assignment
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Physician assistants should be allowed to practice in B.C., says Greens' deputy leader

Physician assistants should be allowed to practice in B.C., says Greens' deputy leader

Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi said he’s had numerous emails from physician assistants looking to work in B.C. and has to turn them away, even though they could save the system money.
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