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Vancouver Coastal Health is committed to delivering exceptional care to 1.25 million people

This includes the First Nations, Métis and Inuit in our region, within the traditional territories of the Heiltsuk, Kitasoo-Xai’xais, Lil’wat, Musqueam, N’Quatqua, Nuxalk, Samahquam, shíshálh, Skatin, Squamish, Tla’amin, Tsleil-Waututh, Wuikinuxv, and Xa’xtsa.

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Message from the Board Chair

For the more than 29,000 staff and medical staff who serve 1.25 million people around the province, the effects of this time will last far longer than the removal of masks for most of us. Add to this the opioid crisis and the need to provide ongoing support to those with mental health and substance use challenges, not to mention climate change alarm bells in the form of wildfires, snowstorms, atmospheric rivers and heat domes, and you have a workforce that has been challenged but shown a superhuman resolve. Unprecedented and unexpected describe both the events of the past year, and the leadership and heroism we’ve seen within our ranks. They get us through; they really do, and we are inspired and grateful.

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This Impact Report shines a spotlight on the extraordinary work of the more than 29,000 people who help create healthy lives in healthy communities.

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Welcome message from Vivian Eliopoulos, VCH President and CEO

A message from Vivian Eliopoulos, VCH's President and CEO, introducing the Impact Report.

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Discover the stories of the 2022/23 VCH Impact Report

The 2022/23 VCH Impact Report is categorized based on our values and our pillars.

Our values

At VCH, our values guide our everyday behaviour and create a workplace where everyone is pulling in the same direction toward a common purpose – to deliver an exceptional care experience for all.

    • Expanded service for psychosis to help young people early

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    • Making an impact with VCH’s immunization campaigns

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    • New supported housing at Cambie Gardens

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    • Addressing the illicit drug toxicity crisis

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    • Working together to provide culturally safe care

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    • Parents of Richmond Hospital’s smallest patients gain new connections

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    • Language services reduce barriers for patients

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    • Addressing reconciliation through truth and training

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    • Your voice matters: Opportunities to engage in health care

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    • Healthy environments and climate change

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    • Creating an environmentally sustainable and climate resilient VCH

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    • Transforming our hospitals to improve care closer to home

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    • New program reduces wait for hip and knee surgery

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    • Reducing wait times to zero: PUSH days at Lions Gate Hospital

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    • Seamless access to patient information improves patient care

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    • Safely stewarding donated blood at Vancouver General Hospital

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    • Finding solutions for health care’s environmental impact

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Our pillars

As part of our commitment to deliver an exceptional care experience for all, we continually look for ways to improve our programs and services to ensure they are culturally safe, respectful and appropriate, and advance health equity. Our pillars guide us in delivering safe, quality care and support our focus on taking an equity-led, intersectional approach to caring for our people.

    • Increasing access to culturally safe care

      Indigenous Cultural Safety

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    • Self-identification and workplace experience survey

      Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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    • Building an anti-racist organization

      Anti-Racism

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    • Integrating sustainability in health care

      Planetary Health

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