Surrey-North Delta Division of Family Practice

Nurse Practitioners

Embrace  

Lead Physician: Dr. Jan Peace 
Committee members: Martha Cloutier, (FH), Gloria Bannister (FH), Dr. Elizabeth Watt (Abbotsford DofFP), Sonya Boyce and Brian Kines. 

The Surrey Mobile Assault Response Team (SMART), operating out of Surrey Memorial Hospital and Abbotsford Regional Hospital, provides 24-hour emergency services to individuals that have experienced physical or sexual violence.  The Embrace NP initiative will bridge the gap between acute/urgent medical forensic health care and longer-term community services. NPs will serve as the primary care providers for victims of physical/sexual violence (a population that historically has experienced low rates of attachment to a PCP), providing aftercare for sexual assault survivors who might not otherwise have their health needs met in other primary care settings.

The Embrace Clinic won a  Fraser Health 2015 Above & Beyond Award for Creativity and Innovation.