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Stand-Alone Division Head, Hospitalist & Family Practice Inpatient Care (DVH-FP-5)
The Stand-Alone Division Head, Hospitalist & Family Practice Inpatient Care provides specialty specific leadership within their division, informing practice standards and workforce planning.
Substance Use Care Plan
Island Health has launched the Substance Use Care Plan across all acute care sites effective immediately. This care plan provides a standardized approach to supporting patients who use substances or have a history of substance use, aligning with Island Health’s commitment to person-centred, trauma-informed care.
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Observed each year on March 21, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination commemorates the 1960 Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, when police killed 69 people who were peacefully protesting apartheid “pass laws" – laws that forced Black people to carry official documents at all times to control where they could live, work and travel, enforcing racial segregation and inequality.