News
October 01, 2025
Sometimes system change starts with people, not policies. In Surrey-North Delta, creating space for authentic connection between Family Physicians and Community Health Nurses has built trust, teamwork, and lasting relationships—transforming how older adults with complex needs experience care and helping them thrive safely at home.
October 01, 2025
New family physicians in rural communities often face professional isolation and complex systems. Learn more about how the East Kootenay New to Practice Physician Network, launched in 2023 with JCC funding, is working to address these challenges by offering mentorship, peer support, and skill-building opportunities.
June 06, 2025
Cardiologist Dr Daisy Dulay and pharmacist Michael Matula joined forces to develop a more effective approach to caring for heart failure patients in rural British Columbia.
May 27, 2025
Urgent appointments are being dealt with more appropriately—in clinic rather than hospital—in Central Saanich thanks to the physician quality improvement project led by family physician Dr Sienna Bourdon. Dr Bourdon noticed that Saanich Peninsula Hospital emergency room (ER) was being overwhelmed in 2022-23, with more than 1,000 patient visits for medical issues that could potentially have been treated at the Shoreline Medical clinics.
May 27, 2025
The Ridge Meadows Division of Family Practice (Division) recently hosted BC’s Health Minister Josie Osborne to celebrate the work and collaboration happening in the community’s health care system. On April 25th, partners and staff presented work the Division is leading to improve health care locally, as well as practice supports to retain physicians, funding partnerships, and strategies to enhance physician recruitment and enable patient attachment.