Updates
August 21, 2024 10:08 AM
7 system-wide benefits of expanding home care and home support
Home support is more than a nice-to-have service that helps people age at home. It’s a proven,...
February 10, 2023 9:47 AM
LTC residents and families are getting more say in residential care
Long-term care residents and their families are getting more say in their care and the care of their loved ones.
In November of last...
February 8, 2023 2:21 PM
BC can be a leader in reinvesting into its public health care system
In January, Doug Ford announced the province would significantly expand the number and scope of procedures performed in for-profit surgical and diagnostic imaging clinics. The Ford government aims...
December 2, 2022 1:12 PM
Looking back at the coalition's work in 2022
We have accomplished quite a bit this past year from protecting universal public health care to educating coalition members on policy solutions to the drug toxicity crisis to advocating for a well-funded, full...
November 30, 2022 11:38 AM
Beyond Prohibition
BC is experiencing a public health crisis stemming from an influx in toxic drug supply. The...
October 21, 2022 11:06 AM
Watch the Better Care for Seniors Accountability Assembly
On the evening of October 11, the BC Health Coalition and member organizations hosted Minister of Health Adrian Dix. The strength of the BC Health Coalition and our allies was...
September 15, 2022 1:40 PM
BC needs #BetterCareForSeniors
Hold the BC government accountable on seniors' care
We would like to invite you to participate in...
September 1, 2022 2:17 PM
Hundreds of Postcards Being Sent to Minister Dix on Seniors' Care
Right now, hundreds of seniors, families and workers are taking action on seniors' care by sharing their stories with the Minister of Health!
August 29, 2022 1:30 PM
BC needs to wind down contracting out of surgical and diagnostic procedures to for-profit clinics
Private surgeries and medical imaging are big business in BC. Over the last two decades, this for-profit sector has...
August 24, 2022 5:09 AM
New report: The concerning rise of corporate medicine
Public contracts with corporate clinics top $393 million over last six years, including surgical centres engaged in unlawful extra-billing
August 16, 2022 12:54 PM
BC Budget 2023 Report
The Select Standing Committee on Finance has made their recommendations for the 2023 BC Budget. The BCHC is cited several time in their health care recommendations. You can view the...