Vancouver Coastal Health

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a regional health authority that provides health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictions services in part of Greater Vancouver and the Coast Garibaldi area.

Vancouver Coastal Health
Formation2001
TypeBritish Columbia Health Authority
interim president & CEO
Vivian Eliopoulos[1]
Key people
Laura Case, Charlene Chiang, Dr. Dean Chittock, Dr. Marshall Dahl, Dr. Patricia Daly, Vivian Eliopoulos, Barb Lawrie, Yasmin Jetha, Karin Olson, Darcia Pope, Ron Quirk, Leslie Bonshor
Budget
$3.2 billion (CDN) (approx)
Staff
20,000 (approx), 5,000 volunteers (approx), 2100 physicians
Websitewww.vch.ca

VCH is one of five publicly funded regional healthcare authorities[2] within the Canadian province of British Columbia. The government of British Columbia, through the British Columbia Ministry of Health, sets province-wide goals, standards and performance agreements for health service delivery by the seven health authorities.

Service area

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 service delivery areas (HSDA), which in turn are divided into 14 local health areas (LHA).[3]

The following regional districts are partially or entirely covered by VCHA.

Health services provided
Public health Primary care Acute care Home & community services Mental health & addictions
  • Environmental health protection:
    • Food & water safety
  • Disease surveillance & control:
    • Immunization
    • HIV/AIDS programs
  • Children & youth services
  • Primary care clinics
  • Aboriginal services:
    • Health & wellness
    • Addiction & treatment
    • Community health
  • Hospital inpatient care
  • Surgery specialties & subspecialities
  • Complex medical surgery (tertiary & quaternary)
  • Acute and specialized rehab
  • Urgent care
  • Same-day care
  • Ambulatory care
  • Community services
    • Assisted living
    • Home care
    • Occupational therapy & physiotherapy
    • Adult day care
  • Residential services
    • Complex care
    • Hospice care
    • Transitional care
  • Community Development
  • Housing
  • Emergency & urgent services
  • Residential & community services
  • Addictions
    • Needle exchange
    • Supervised injection site
    • Free safer supplies[4]

See also

Other regional health authorities in British Columbia

Province-wide health authorities in British Columbia

References
  1. "Senior Executive Team".
  2. "Regional Health Authorities". gov.bc.ca. Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. "Health Boundaries - Province of British Columbia".
  4. "Vancouver Coastal Health to hand out $50,000 worth of crack pipes.", Vancouver Sun
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