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Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is a publicly funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia.PHSA is unique in Canada as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health services, although within British Columbia the First Nations Health Authority is also non-regional and highly dispersed.
The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is the public health arm for British Columbia's Provincial Health Services Authority. [2] The BCCDC is located at 655 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. The Centre has tuberculosis [3] and sexually transmitted infections (STI) clinics [4] as well as outreach clinics in high prevalence areas throughout BC.
During the first term of the Gordon Campbell government, a separate Ministry of Health Planning was created (led by Sindi Hawkins) but that ministry was later merged back into the main ministry. [7] During the same period, there were also two ministers of state: one for seniors and another for mental health and addictions.
HealthLink BC provides health information services to all regions of British Columbia via its website which contains BC-specific health information and a publicly available database of government-funded and not-for-profit health services and resources in British Columbia; its 8-1-1 telephone number; the BC HealthGuide Handbook, a printed handbook that contains information on common health ...
Health regions, also called health authorities, are a governance model used by Canada's provincial and territorial governments to administer and deliver public health care to all Canadian residents. Health care is designated a provincial responsibility under the separation of powers in Canada's federal system. Most health regions or health ...
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority serves the 1.25 million of British Columbia's population of five million (approximately one in four) who live in a geographic area of 58,560 square kilometres (22,610 sq mi) that includes 12 municipalities, four regional districts and 14 Aboriginal communities. VCH is geographically divided into three health ...
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This is a list of hospitals in British Columbia, grouped by health authority and sorted by hospital name. This list does not include extended care facilities, health centres, or assisted-living facilities.