The Nursing Directorate
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April 9, 2009
ROLE EXPANDS FOR MIDWIVES NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS, NURSES
VICTORIA - B.C. is supporting health professionals and creating more choice for patients by enhancing the scope of practice for midwives, naturopathic physicians and registered nurses, Health Services Minister George Abbott announced today…
April 9, 2009
B.C. NURSES RATIFY CONTRACT EXTENSION
VICTORIA – Members of the British Columbia Nurses’ Union (BCNU) have voted 96 per cent infavour of a two-year extension of their current collective agreement designed to ensure B.C. patients continue to enjoy access to quality frontline health-care services.
March 24, 2009
HEALTH PROFESSIONS REVIEW BOARD IN EFFECT
VICTORIA - British Columbians now have a new greater degree of accountability in dealing with health professions colleges, with the newly created Health Professions Review Board now accepting applications for review, Health Services Minister George Abbott announced today.
January 26, 2009
PHYSICIANS JOIN TOGETHER TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE
PRINCE GEORGE - B.C. is the first Canadian province to implement divisions of family practice, an innovative new initiative that supports groups of physicians in working together to discuss common issues, promote and support family practice, and address gaps in patient care, Health Services Minister George Abbott announced today.
December 8, 2008
HEALTH PROFESSIONS REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED
VICTORIA – Health Services Minister George Abbott today announced the appointment of a chair and 17 board members to the Health Professions Review Board (HPRB), which will have the power to review the timeliness and outcome of health regulatory college decisions.
October 28, 2008
MORE FUNDING FOR ACCELERATED NURSING PROGRAM
BURNABY – The Province announced an investment of $2.85 million over six years in operating funding for B.C.'s first ever accelerated bachelor of science nursing program at the BC Institute of Technology, said Murray Coell, ...
May 14, 2008
PROVINCE INVESTS $15M TO SUPPORT NURSING IN B.C.
VICTORIA – B.C. will provide $15 million this year for its provincial Nursing Strategy to recruit, retain and educate the best qualified nurses, Health Minister George Abbott announced as he celebrated National Nursing ...
May 13, 2008
B.C. CELEBRATES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRACTICAL NURSES
VICTORIA – B.C. has proclaimed May 13 Licensed Practical Nurses Day to recognize the valuable contributions practical nurses make to patient care in communities across this province, Health Minister George Abbott ...
May 06, 2008
NURSING SPACES NEARLY DOUBLE, GRAD NUMBERS HIT RECORD
VICTORIA – Government has nearly doubled the number of nurse education spaces, producing a record number of graduates who have received close to 13,000 nursing degrees, diplomas and certificates since 2001, Advanced ...
April 10, 2008
ACCESS TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EXPANDED
VICTORIA – Following through on commitments made in the throne speech, Health Minister George Abbott today introduced the Health Professions Regulatory Reform Act. The legislation will expand patient access to and ...
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