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The following announcement was originally sent as an email to all division executive directors and division administrators on January 10, 2022.
November 1, 2021 | At its last GPSC meeting, members approved one year of enhanced funding to support the networks of family doctors who are providing longitudinal care for hospital inpatients in 47 communities.
August 23, 2021 | The BC Ministry of Health released an update with information on the 2021-22 influenza immunization program and an accompanying
July 29, 2021 | The GPSC is launching a new program to train medical office staff to implement panel management and assist family practice teams in providing proactiv
July 12, 2021 (updated March 17, 2022)
This was originally sent as an email on behalf of Ted Patterson, Co-chair Ministry of Health, and Dr. Anthon Meyer, Co-chair, Doctors of BC.
May 4, 2021 | Earlier this year, doctors received the inaugural print issue of Collaborate on Health in BC magazine with their Jan/Feb issue of the BC Medical Journal.
May 3, 2021 | In June 2020, the Sunshine Coast Division of Family Practice established the Sunshine Coast Opioid Overdose Prevention Task Force using Shared Care Committee funding from their addictions project.
April 13, 2021 | The COVID-19 pandemic created new challenges for medical clinics, particularly those in rural communities.
March 8, 2021 | The Doctors of BC podcast, DocTalks, recently featured Surrey-North Delta Division member Dr Lawrence Yang talking with psychiatrist Dr Jennifer Russel about how the COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented demands on doctors, resulting in increasing reports of
The following Ministry of Health memo was shared with health authorities, divisions and MSAS on November 18, 2020.
November 13, 2020 | We recently updated styles on the divisions website to improve accessibility for visitors with visual impairments.
November 5, 2020 | Approximately two-thirds of family doctors in BC have already signed up to list their profiles on the Pathways Medical Care Directory (previously called the Pathways Virtual Care Directory).
Trail Times: Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice announced that it has launched a new set of tools to support patients living with chronic pain. Patients and their healthcare providers can now easily access information on referrals, services, education, self-management support, and more. These have been developed as part of the Kootenay Boundary Shared Care Chronic Pain Project, with the input and guidance of local physicians, allied health care practitioners, and patient partners living with chronic pain.