More than 80,000 patients in BC are waiting for surgery, with more added to waitlists every day. Many have already waited far longer than the federal government’s benchmark limit of 26 weeks, others have been waiting for over a year.
Doctors of BC Position: Doctors of BC recognizes the surgical care challenges in BC, including growing wait lists, surgical wait-times, and the shortage of health care staff and the additional burdens on surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other health care providers.
At this stage of the Covid pandemic, I think we’d all like to change the trajectory of where we are heading as a community, as a nation, and how we are to live our lives over the next few years…if only we knew how.
Doctors of BC Position: Doctors of BC believes that professionalism and effective relationships in healthcare can be enhanced in healthcare provider organizations by clearly defining scope of practice and expected roles, and by health authorities and government working to promote and support collaborative relationships with physicians and other healthcare providers.
