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May 13, 2025
Dr Brenda Hefford knows first-hand the value of collaboration and connection. This approach to leadership has served Dr. Hefford well over the past 20 years during a journey in which she championed primary care in BC’s health care system. Now after nearly 11 years at Doctors of BC, Dr Hefford has retired from her role as the Doctors of BC vice-president for physician affairs and community practice, with the intent of slowing down and focusing more on enhancing her clinical practice.
May 13, 2025
Dr Kevin Martin Dr Kevin Martin is the newest Doctors of BC appointee to the Family Practice Services Committee.
April 24, 2025
Pictured above: Right to left, Dr. Greg Linton, President and Chair, Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice, Physician Co-Lead, CHANGE BC, MaryLou McKay, Nisga'a Elder and CHANGE BC Advisor, Dr. Robert Boushel, Professor and Director, UBC School of Kinesiology, and Laurie Flood, President, Metabolic Syndrome Canada.
April 24, 2025
Dr Janice Wong is committed to ensuring health and safety in her clinic. A family physician at Vancouver’s Woodland Family Practice, she received help through the Community Physician Health and Safety Program, a new initiative funded in partnership between Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health and managed by SWITCH BC, which stands for Safety, Wellbeing, Innovation, Training and Collaboration in Healthcare.
February 20, 2025
The Ministry of Health, Doctors of BC, and BC Family Doctors through the Primary Care Compensation Working Group (PCCWG) are responsible for the LFP Payment Model and the new Comprehensive Care Payment (CCP). FPSC has been notified that the PCCWG needs more time to finalize the design and implementation of the CCP. As a result, the CCP launch will be delayed beyond the previously announced April date.