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Health Authority Engagement Surveys

Specialist Waitlist Survey results: Patients can’t continue to wait

January 29, 2025

The results from a recent survey of BC’s specialist physicians about the length and size of their waitlists exposes a growing crisis that is negatively impacting the health of British Columbians and causing moral distress and frustration for specialist physicians.  

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Doctors of BC Awards

Meet Doctors of BC’s 2024 award winners 

January 27, 2025

Each year, Doctors of BC recognizes the extraordinary achievements and contributions of physicians, residents, and medical students throughout the province with our Doctors of BC Awards. Members of the public also have the chance to be recognized, either individually or as part of an...
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How a peer support group for BIPOC physicians supports health system resilience

January 16, 2025

A career in medicine is gratifying and can also be challenging when dealing with emotional distress experienced on the job and administrative work that can become overwhelming. For physicians who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC), there are also lived experiences of racial...
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Service Contracts

Canada’s medical associations call on federal government to halt capital gains increase

January 15, 2025

Doctors of BC has joined the Canadian Medical Association and other provincial and territorial medical associations in signing a letter calling on the federal government to halt the yet to be approved increase to the capital gains inclusion rate for medical professional corporations. 

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Mask mandate returns in health authority-operated facilities

January 9, 2025

On January 6, 2025, the BC Ministry of Health announced the return of mandatory medical masks in facilities operated or contracted by provincial health authorities. These facilities include hospitals, long-term care and assisted living facilities, outpatient clinics, and ambulatory care settings...
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