Ministry of Health

Provides an online catalogue of health publications and reports including online health information, resources, health guides, ministry of health reports and publications.

Offers single-session telephone and chat-based counselling to all students currently registered in a BC post-secondary school. The service is available 24-hours through an app, phone and chat.

The program can help with concerns such as stress, feelings of isolation or loneliness, anxiety, frustration, the balance between personal and academic priorities, adapting to new campus culture or city, time-management, and tension with family, friends or instructors.

Provides access to one-time funding for eligible BC residents who require in vitro fertilization (IVF) as part of their path to parenthood. The program covers a single standard cycle of IVF treatment at participating BC fertility clinics.

Provides influenza vaccine information including vaccine registration and bookings, enhanced vaccines available for seniors, and options to get the flu vaccine for your child. Everyone 6 months and over can get a flu vaccine.

Provides wrap-around mental health and substance use services to children and youth. Multi-disciplinary teams may include program leaders, clinicians, counsellors, peer supports, Indigenous supports, or multicultural supports.

Teams provide services where children and youth feel safe and comfortable, within school district areas. They will deliver outreach or outbound services as well as meet in office settings. See website for regional contacts to access services.

Provides an online list of hotel accommodation for patients and their families who are required to travel to out of town locations for specialist and outpatient medical services.

Provides information and referral to seniors and their families, or other concerned individuals in their lives, about seniors' services including health care, housing, personal care, income support, transportation, and family caregiver support.

Seniors who have issues accessing health care services or with the health care they received, can call to receive advice for timely resolution of problems, or report concerns about their care.

Provides confidential and same-day access to opioid agonist treatment medication for people throughout BC with opioid use disorder to prevent withdrawals, reduce cravings and the risk of overdoses.

People can call the access line to speak with a doctor or nurse over the phone who can prescribe the medication and offer connections to supports in the community.

Provides information on the process to file a formal complaint about the quality of any health care service that a patient, client or resident received, or expected but did not receive, from a health authority. Contact the Patient Care Quality office in your region for assistance.

Provides an online listing of health-related supports, educational activities, and events that are available provincially and in local communities. The program supports and encourages patients, families and caregivers to participate in their own health care, decision-making about that care, and choosing their level of participation.

The program is provided in partnership with non-governmental organizations, funded partners, regional health authorities, and a variety of health-care providers.