Our vision
Our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. Collectively, our actions contribute to creating safe, healthy spaces for everyone and support quality patient outcomes, access to equitable care and a great place to work.
Our pillars
Our four pillars are interconnected and collectively guide us in our commitments to delivering safe, high-quality, and equitable care.
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Indigenous Cultural Safety
We are committed to addressing and decreasing health inequities for Indigenous people by providing culturally safe and responsive services.
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
At Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), we are committed to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) throughout our organization in partnership with our staff and medical staff.
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Anti- Racism
Creating a community where we dismantle attitudes, practices and processes that impact people based on their race or ethnicity.
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Planetary Health
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues we’re facing today. Extreme heat and cold, wildfires, droughts, storms and flooding have already had a negative impact on our communities and on health-care delivery across B.C.
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Our four pillars guide us in our commitments to delivering safe, quality care and support our focus on taking an equity-led, intersectional approach to caring for our people.
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Who we serve
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is one of five regional health authorities in British Columbia working in partnership with the Ministry of Health to provide high quality, appropriate and timely health services to British Columbians.