GPSC Patient Experience
November 5, 2019

Seeking patient perspectives on improving care

Family doctors and care teams in BC can now hear from their patients about their experiences and interactions within their practices using a new tool developed by the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), a partnership of Doctors of BC and t

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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.

Emergency Department Overcrowding Policy Statement

Submitted by Doctors of BC on
Tags:
access to care
wait times
patient care
Emergency department
overcrowding overcapacity
Doctors of BC Position: Doctors of BC encourages the provincial government to mitigate emergency department wait times and overcrowding, by considering measures such as establishing maximum length of stay benchmarks, overcapacity protocols, bed optimization strategies, and expanding availability of functional acute care beds.