Physicians Speak Up – BCMA Submission to the BC Conversation on Health

In September 2006, Premier Gordon Campbell launched the Conversation on Health. The challenge the Premier made to British Columbians was to have an honest and objective discussion about the challenges and solutions to ensure that our health care system will be there for us now and in the future. This process is an important endeavor.

The Premier asked three tough questions about our health care system:

1. What do the principles of the Canada Health Act really mean and how do we define them by law?
2. How do we ensure our system is sustainable for British Columbians in the long term?
3. How can we improve health care delivery to live up to those principles?

The Doctors of BC provides answers that will take courage for government, health care providers and the public to implement.

This Doctors of BC submission provides practical short- and long-term recommendations to address key issues across the system. This document draws upon input from BC physicians and builds upon a decade of policy recommendations and submissions to provincial and federal governments by the Doctors of BC.

For the full submission, please see “Physicians Speak Up – BCMA Submission to the BC Conversation on Health.