Health care
Strengthening health care
We’re taking action to strengthen public health care so you and your family can get the care you need, when and where you need it.
We are tackling big challenges to deliver better health care. That means matching more families with more doctors, getting patients in for surgery and cancer treatment faster, building hospitals and clinics closer to home, and providing the tools you need to stay healthier longer.
Find out how we’re taking action for you.
Connect to care now
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Find a doctor or nurse
We’re recruiting more health workers to provide the care you need. Sign up to be matched with a family doctor or nurse practitioner near you.
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See a pharmacist for treatment now
Get your minor illnesses – like pink eye, rashes, sprains and UTIs – checked and treated, renew your prescriptions, and get free birth control at a pharmacy.
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Get health advice 24/7
Call HealthLink BC at 811 or use the online symptom checker to get medical advice or help finding health information and services.
Strengthening health care
B.C. is an extraordinary place. Our dedicated doctors, nurses and care teams take pride in delivering quality care. But like many places, we’re feeling the strain of worker shortages and rising demand for care. Communities are growing. People are getting older. And many health care professionals are retiring.
We’re working hard to strengthen health care by hiring more health workers, connecting more people to family doctors, bringing down medication costs, and improving wait times.
It will take time, but it’s making a difference. We’re adding more doctors, opening more community clinics, and building more hospitals than ever. And we’re going to keep working to deliver better, faster care no matter where you live.
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Improving access to health care
We’re working to make sure everyone has access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner and get the care they need, when and where they need it.
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Delivering better, faster care for everyone
We’re making sure health care works better for everyone by adopting new approaches and expanding on what works.
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Growing our health care workforce
Amid a global shortage of health workers, B.C. is focused on recruiting, retaining, and training more doctors and nurses to care for our growing, aging population, while working to deliver better, faster care.
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Building better health care
We’re helping you get the care you need closer to home by building more hospitals, clinics, cancer centres and long-term care homes in communities across the province.
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Keeping people healthy
Prevention is the best medicine. We’re giving you the tools to help prevent injuries and illnesses, so you can live a longer, healthier life.