Wait Times and Patient Care Guarantees

Submitted by Doctors of BC on
Tags:
access to care
wait times
patient care
Emergency department
overcrowding
Doctors of BC Position: Wait times continue to be an issue of significant concern in the BC health system. In order to guarantee patient care, Doctors of BC supports treating patients within established wait time benchmarks for key services and/or procedures, and this should be supported by the option to use another public or private facility if needed to meet the benchmark.

Improving Access to Acute Care Services

Submitted by Doctors of BC on
Tags:
access to care
acute care
beds
wait times
delays
burnout
capacity
complex care
hospital admissions
overcrowding
recruitment and retention

Doctors of BC Position: Doctors of BC supports a number of recommendations on improving acute care services in BC. Efforts to improve access to acute care must focus on establishing wait time benchmarks for acute care, increasing supply of acute care beds, managing beds effectively, investing in community-based care, and improving government accountability.