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Press Releases


  • New Mobile Assessment Unit helps more Central Okanagan seniors connect with a family doctor

    November 5, 2014
    Central Okanagan, BC —Local seniors who do not have a family doctor now have a unique way to indicate their need for one, and to start the process of getting attached to a doctor.

  • Family doctors invite Mission residents to help improve access to local health care

    September 30, 2014
    Mission, BC – Mission family doctors are inviting local residents to have their say in an anonymous survey that will help shape the future of health care in their community.

  • Opportunity to share your thoughts on local primary health care

    September 10, 2014
    100 Mile House/Williams Lake — Family doctors in the Central Interior are inviting residents to share their thoughts on primary health care in the region through community forums and an online community health care survey.

  • Have a say in improving primary health care

    September 8, 2014
    Sunshine Coast, BC – Family physicians on the Sunshine Coast are inviting residents to have their say in an anonymous online survey that will help shape the future of primary health care in their community.

  • A GP for Me set to proceed in the South and Central Cariboo

    September 2, 2014
    100 Mile House, BC – The Central Interior Rural Division of Family Practice is pleased to announce it will be starting a series of community engagement forums in 100 Mile House and Williams Lake as part of the province-wide A GP for Me initiative.

  • A GP for Me comes to Richmond

    August 18, 2014
    Richmond, BC – Family doctors in Richmond are inviting residents to voice their opinions in a survey that will help shape the future of primary health care in their community. The survey is available online at www.divisionsbc.ca/richmond/agpforme until September 15, 2014.

  • Cranbrook welcomes GP recruit Dr. Karen Fordham to community

    July 10, 2014
    Cranbrook, BC — In late July, family physician Dr. Karen Fordham will join Cranbrook’s medical community, marking the first success of Cranbrook’s new community-based family physician recruitment task force. Dr. Fordham toured the community in May and her visit was the task force’s first opportunity to roll out its Red Carpet Welcome program.

  • Have a say in improving primary health care

    April 11, 2014
    Kelowna, BC – Doctors from the Central Okanagan Division of Family Practice invite the community to have a say in improving access to primary health care through an anonymous online survey released today as part of their participation in the provincewide A GP for Me initiative.

  • Family physicians launch public survey

    March 19, 2014
    Victoria, BC – The Victoria and South Island Divisions of Family Practice representing over 450 family doctors working on southern Vancouver Island are surveying community members to better understand local health care needs.

  • Vancouver family doctors ramp up efforts to help citizens find a family doctor with A GP for Me

    February 19, 2014
    Vancouver, BC - Vancouver family doctors will be launching a series of patient-doctor summits, online engagement and community meetings over the next 12 weeks, building on research carried out by the Vancouver Division of Family Practice.

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