BC Legislature - Hansard Index (Member entries), Fifth Session, 40th Parliament

As subject

attendance at health care conference 10755

electric vehicle ownership and transit use 11874-5

family and staff thanked 10754

position on mining industry (Macdonald) 12823

response to questions on clinical systems and transformation project 12589 (Darcy) 12588

Alzheimer's disease

drug therapy initiative 12713-4

programs, First Link initiative 12649-50

Ambulance service

action plan and resources 12777-80

response times 12777-80

service in small and mid-sized communities 12778-9

Anaesthetists, number 12635

Assisted dying, federal legislation and government action on regulation and services 12708-9

Auditor General, report and recommendations on Panorama public health system project 12621-5

Automobiles

DriveAble program and medical form fees 12861-2

insurance rates 10755

traffic safety, regulation and programs 10755

Bamfield, health care centre helipad location 12776

Blood and bone marrow, paid-donor plasma clinics and plasma product safety 12900-1, 13052, 13488

B.C. Ambulance Service

budget and operations 12780-1

government investment in ambulances and personnel 12577

B.C. by region

central coast, medical air transportation 12851

northern and rural B.C.

health care services 12310, 12848-52, 12854-7

mental health services 12852

physician recruitment and retention 12849-50

sexual assault services 11168

northern B.C., child health 12854

northern B.C., maternal health and maternity services 12854-5

B.C. Cancer Agency

budget and operations 12768-9

oncologist positions 12769

role 12768

B.C. Centre for Disease Control, testing of lead levels in blood 10485-6

B.C. Children's Hospital, surgical services 12988

B.C. Court of Appeal, ruling on auditing powers of Medical Services Commission 12786

B.C. Liberal Party, donations to party 11165-6

B.C. Liberal Party government, priorities 10754-6

B.C. Patient Safety and Quality Council, conference and speakers 10755

B.C., population growth 12574

B.C. Women's Hospital and Health Centre, complex chronic disease clinic 12783-4

Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016, debate 10754-6

Budgets, 2016-17 budget 10754-6

Burnaby General Hospital, beds, conditions and redevelopment 12584-5

Cambie Surgeries Corp., Cambie Surgery Centre and Specialist Referral Clinic facilities, audits and court case 12786-7

Campbell River and District General Hospital, replacement project and parking fees 12592

Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

provisions on prescription drugs and impact on costs 12703

working group on potential impacts to governments in Canada 12703

Canadian Blood Services, organization 12900-1, 13052, 13488

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, report on surgical wait times 12435

Canadian Diabetes Association, work of organization 11397

Canadian Hemophilia Society, organization 13052

Canadian Institute for Health Information, information on wait times 12641

Cancer

childhood cancer survivors, health services and specialized clinic 12750-1, 12765-7

colorectal cancer screening and number of colonoscopies 12634

incidence and treatment capacity 12768

treatment services 10363, 12768-9

treatment services, radiation therapy 12769

Carbon tax 11874

Cerner Corp., e-health systems 13376

Children and youth, health 12854

China, energy sources and greenhouse gas emissions 11874

Climate change, government action 11873-4

College of Pharmacists of B.C., regulatory powers 10234, 10263-4

Communities, healthy families program and community health initiatives 12849

Community Care and Assisted Living Act, amendments 11099, 12248, 12581, 12867

Community Care and Assisted Living Amendment Act, 2016

debate 11099, 12248, 12262, 12319-32

consultation with facility operators on regulations 12248, 12321

definitions

"assisted living services" 12320-1

"professional health services" 12322

purpose and impact of bill 12262

Comptroller general, report on health information breach investigation 11537-8, 12714

Corrections system, mentally ill prisoners 12770

Cosman, Fred, cancer treatment case and investigation 10363

Cowichan District Hospital, replacement with new facility 12720

Cowichan Valley, health care services, available beds and surgery cancellations 12719-20

Crime and criminals, sexual assault, collection of evidence 11167-8, 12718

Darcy, Judy, comments on presentation of Health Committee report 12708

Dementia care and management 12435, 12649-50

Dental health

dental surgery services 13308

social determinants 12854

Diabetes treatment 11397

Documents tabled

Provincial health officer annual report, Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Reducing the Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes on Health and Well-being in B.C. 12989

Drinking Water Protection Act, provisions 11252

Drugs

antibiotics, effects of long-term use 12784

naloxone 12758, 12861

use without addiction 12771

Economy

conditions 10754-5

economic development, NDP position 12309

role in funding government services 12309, 12751

Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service Group, contract with government 11166

Education, fruit and vegetable program and Healthy Schools B.C. initiative 12849

Emergencies, first responders in rural and remote communities 12776

Energy, electricity rates 10754-5

First Nations Health Authority

Honouring Our Babies program 12854

role in service delivery 12658-9

Food and food industry, locally grown food 13487

Forrest, David, comments on IHealth system implementation 13376

Fraser Health Authority

acute care beds 12585

facilities, government investment 11102-3, 11165

residential care beds and home care services 11102-3, 11164, 12866-7

Fraser Institute, report on surgical wait times 12435

Good Samaritan Wexford Creek, sale and worker layoffs, impact on residents 11700-1, 12846

Government

cabinet, reports to cabinet 12583

capital projects, procurement and financing 12633

information technology projects 12586-7

Greenhouse gas emissions reduction 11874-5

Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Control Amendment Act, 2016, debate 11873-5

Haida Gwaii, maternity care and midwives 12855

Health authorities

costs for electricity 12576

partnership agreements with communities re healthy living 12849

planning 12582

regional differences and standards 12866

role re drinking water quality and testing 11252

transfer of information on patient immigration status 12782

Health care facilities and hospitals

capital plan and projects 12720

capital projects 12583, 12633

energy efficiency 12576

food services, procurement of local food 13487

government investment 11102-3, 11165

operating room services, staffing 12309

operating rooms 12636

parking availability and fees 12592

walk-in clinics 12787

Health care facilities, private clinics

audits 12786-7

medical imaging services and fees 12642-3

potential use for procedures requiring overnight stays 12636-8

Health care funding 11397, 11701, 12573-4, 12581

cancer treatment 12768

capital funding 12583

emergency services 12577

federal funding and health transfers accord 12574

federal transfer deductions for extra billing 12786

funding models 12574

funding models, population-based funding model 12655

home and community care 11761

interministry transfers 12774

long-term and residential care funding 11922, 12262, 12581

medical imaging services and equipment 12575-6, 12642

mental health services and substance use services 12757

nurse practitioner positions 12657-8

transfers from Social Development Ministry and Finance Ministry 12772, 12774

Health care system

beds, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 11102-3, 11164, 11761, 12719-20, 12867

chronic disease management 12653-4

costs and spending

priorities 12775

public and private sector 12644

spending and outcomes 10755

e-health systems, clinical and systems transformation project 10873-4, 12585-9, 12622-3

emergency services

defibrillators in public spaces 12780

information 12624-5

issues and business case strategy 12576-7

management 12780-1

emergency services transportation, helipads 12776

health professionals and workers

credentialling of foreign-trained health professionals 12310

medical imaging technicians 12642

medical imaging technicians and ultrasonagraphers 12698

supply and training of health sciences professionals 12698-700

supply of health professionals 12634

health support workers, contract negotiations and labour history 12697

IHealth electronic medical records system

implementation and government response 13376-7

implementation and review 13376

project 12587-8, 12773-4

impact of demographic trends 12309-10, 12574, 12634-5

information, HealthLink B.C. services 12852

medical imaging services, MRIs 12575-6, 12640-4

patient care quality office and review board 12848

patient complaint process 12434, 12865

personal health information, access to data for health research 12310-1

personal health information, patient access and record transfer costs 12706

primary health care

community paramedicine 12864

primary and community care 12645-8

primary care and role of nurse practitioners 12656-7

public and private systems 12435

reforms 12435

role of private sector 12637

services for First Nations, nursing services 12658-9

services for First Nations people, child health initiatives 12854

services for seniors 12583, 12650-1

services for seniors, prototype project and wellness centres 12653

services for victims of sexual assault 11167-8, 12718-9

surgical services 12644-5

booking system and scheduling 12635-6

cataract surgeries 12634

day surgeries 12638

deep brain stimulation 12861

joint replacements 12308, 12435, 12634, 12639-40

numbers of surgeries 12308-9

sustainability 12578-9

system 11855-6, 12750

system, government plans 12637-8

system priorities and strategy document 12248, 12263, 12579, 12581-2

telehealth 12849, 12852

transportation, Patient Transfer Network 12850-1

travel assistance program 12851-2

wait-lists and waiting times

home care 12866

management 12644-5

MRI services 12641-2

reports 12435

surgical services 12309, 12435, 12634-40, 12988

Health Committee

recommendations on end-of-life care, government response 12708-9

reports, presentation of interim report on end-of-life care to House 12708

Health, health status and outcomes 11921

Health Ministry

estimates debate 12572-92, 12620-6, 12633-59, 12696-720, 12754-8, 12766-87, 12848-67

budgets and operating expenses 12573-4

estimates debate and process 12572-3, 12581, 12620, 12623-4, 12867

health information breach investigation

impact on health research 12310-1, 12714

review by Ombudsperson 10954, 11537-8, 12310

mandate letter 12579

partnership committee on health and education 12699-700

priorities 12716

staff 12315, 12573, 12620

Hearing impairment, hearing aids, coverage of costs for children 12774-5

Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. and Yukon 12780

Hepatitis C virus, treatment 12575, 12716

Hillside Psychiatric Centre 12859

Home care

Better at Home program 12862-3

home and community care services 10755, 11761

government initiatives 12581-2

reporting requirements 12863-4

home support services 12652-4, 12865-6

Hospice and palliative care, hospice beds 12579-80

Human papillomavirus (HPV), immunization 12701-3

IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship

2016 event in Kamloops 11696

2016 event in Kamloops and volunteers 11756

Impaired driving prevention 10755

Information and Privacy Commissioner, concerns and recommendations, access to data for health research 12311

Infrastructure, government investment 10563

Interior Health Authority

laundry services at facilities 11165-6

sexual assault services at hospitals 12719

International Energy Agency, study on gas sources 11874

Justice system, handling of cases involving mentally ill persons 12770

Kamloops, community dialysis centre 12638-9

Kelowna, hockey championship game 11696

Kidney health, dialysis services 12638-9

Labour market priorities board 12699

Legislature, language used in House

"mislead" 12708

withdrawal of comments 12708

Liquefied natural gas development, export and impact on greenhouse gas emissions 11874

Liquefied natural gas facilities, emissions regulation, compliance and limits 11875

Long-term and residential care

assisted living 11099, 12248, 12262, 12319-20, 12327-8, 12581

assisted living information, provision by government 12331-2

assisted living, services and supports 12320-2

beds 11102, 11164, 11701, 11855-6, 12720

care of patients with dementia 12435

care standards 11760, 11922, 12650

facilities

behaviour management assistance 12322

business licences 12329

conditions and staffing 12698, 12846

continuity of care 12696-7

inspections 12324-5, 12327-8

regulation and oversight 11099, 12248, 12262, 12325-32

reporting 12324

legislation, harmonization 12866-7

overmedication and use of psychiatric drugs 11922

placement criteria and appropriate placement 12323-4, 12330

placement criteria, health services needs 12321

public performance reporting 12867

residential care facilities 12248

residential care facilities, beds 12581

residential care facilities, sale of facilities 11700-1

residents' relationships and spouses 12323, 12330

worker layoffs and contract policies 12696-7, 12846

worker layoffs and replacements, impact on residents 11700-1

Lower Mainland

ambulance service and emergency services study 12777-8

sexual assault services at hospitals 11168, 12719

Lyme disease, incidence, studies and treatment 12783-5

Malamalatabua, Alex, death while in government care, review and response 12857-8

Maternity and pregnancy

health care initiatives 12856

services in rural and remote communities 12854-6

Medical Services Plan

coverage for children of undocumented immigrants 12782

premiums 10755-6

Mental health

beds and facilities 12858-60

cabinet working group on mental health 12755, 12757

facilities, appropriate placement for involuntary patients 12330

maternal mental health 12854-5

mental health of children and youth, collaborative program 12755

mental health of children and youth, services 12772-3, 12857-8

mental health plan, implementation 12581

mental illness and addiction

consent to treatment 12771

services and plan for system 12754-7

treatment services 12772

mental illness and homelessness 12860

mental illness, consent to treatment and supports 12858

programs and services

assertive community treatment program 12756

discharge planning 12987

early psychosis intervention program 12858

social determinants 12756

Midwives, midwifery and doula services 12855

Moore, Malcolm, position as president of B.C. Cancer Agency 12768

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

e-health system and emergency services 12773

e-health system and patient safety 13376

Network for Excellence in Substance Dependence and Related Harms

activities 12711

publication on opioid issues 12758, 12861

NDP

donations to party 11166

position on economic development 12309

New Westminster constituency and area, constituent case re access to ear tube surgery 12435

Northern Health Authority

budget allocation for mental health and addiction funding 12850

public health education on drinking water and testing 12853

testing of drinking water in schools 10440-1, 10485-6

Nurses

collective agreement 12988

collective bargaining 11921

licensed practical nurses 12658

nurse practitioners 12654-8

operating room nurses and specialty nurses 12634-5

scope of practice 12658

supply and positions, overtime work and costs 12577-8

supply and training 12309, 12635

supply and training, credentialling of foreign-trained nurses 12659

Ombudsperson, report on seniors care and recommendations 12863-5

Oncologists, radiation oncologists 12769

Oral questions (response)

Access to health data for study on acne medication use by women 12310-1

Acute care beds in Fraser Health Authority 11102-3, 11165

Cancer treatment case 10363

Comptroller general report on Health Ministry investigation 11537-8

Contract for laundry services at Interior Health Authority facilities 11165-6

Dental surgery clinic at Vancouver General Hospital 13308-9

Drinking water quality and testing in public buildings 11252-3

Drinking water quality and testing in schools 10485-6, 10563-4

Drinking water quality in Prince Rupert schools 10440-1

Emergency services in Oliver 12310

Funding for seniors care facilities 11921-2

Health care worker layoffs at seniors care facility in Nanaimo 11700-1, 12846

Health information technology project issues and costs 10873-4

IHealth electronic records system 13376-7

Locally grown food and food services in health facilities 13487

Medication of seniors in care facilities and services for caregivers 11922-3

Mental health services and suicide prevention 12987

Ombudsperson review of Health Ministry investigation 10954

Paid-donor plasma clinics 12900-1, 13052, 13488

PharmaCare coverage for insulin pumps 11397

Residential care beds and home care services in Fraser Health Authority 11164

Seniors advocate access to information on serious incidents in seniors care facilities 11855-6

Seniors care case in Powell River–Sunshine Coast 12434-5

Services for childhood cancer survivors 12750-1

Sexual assault services 11167-8

Staffing levels in seniors care facilities 11760-1

Surgical services at B.C. Children's Hospital 12988

Wait times for surgeries 12308-9

Wait times for surgeries and innovation in public health system 12435

Water quality in Spallumcheen area 10361-2, 10872-3

Paramedics

community paramedicine 12778-9, 12864

number 12780

paramedics in rural and remote B.C. 12778-9

PharmaCare program

budget allocation 12574-5, 12700

costs and cost savings 12574-5

coverage

insulin pumps 11397, 12700-1

medical supplies from online suppliers 12705-6

shingles vaccine 12707

Fair PharmaCare initiative 12704

PharmaNet computer system 12860

reference drug program 12710-3

therapeutics initiative 12709-11

Pharmaceutical industry, regulation and online suppliers 12705

Pharmaceutical Services Act

amendments, implementation 12712

provider regulation 12263

Pharmacies

licensing 12263, 12315

licensing fees 12318

location within buildings, regulation 12316, 12318-9

online pharmacies 12316

regulation and licensing of non-pharmacist operators 10233-4, 12263-4, 12315-9

role of community pharmacies 10233, 12263

Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Amendment Act, 2016

debate 10233-4, 12262-4, 12267, 12315-9

consultation with industry and implementation 12264

provisions, scope 12317

purpose of bill 10234, 12263, 12267

Physicians

compensation models 12655

credentialling of foreign-trained physicians, practice-ready assessment program 12850

Education for Quality Improvement in Patient Care program 12715-6

family physicians

number of patients 12787

supply and government initiatives 12850

supply and A GP for Me program 12645-8

supply and training 12647

training in skills for rural practice 12856-7

orthopedic surgeons 12635

supply and training 12310, 12849-50

Physiotherapists, supply and training 12699

PIECES Canada, residential care dementia education program 12649

Points of order

comments by Doug Routley 10823-4

Police and policing, police handling of cases involving mentally ill persons 12770

Powell River–Sunshine Coast constituency and area, constituent case re dementia care 12434-5

Prescription drugs

cost management and pricing 12713

costs 12703

education programs and guidelines for physicians 12710-1, 12715, 12861

national coverage plan proposal 12704-5

national purchasing alliance 12703-4

new products and costs 12574-5

opioids 12710-1, 12860-1

review processes 12710

statins 12712

Privilege

reserving right to raise point of privilege re comments by Selina Robinson 11879

Provincial health officer

comments on drinking water quality in schools 10486, 10563-4

reports tabled, annual report, Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Reducing the Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes on Health and Well-being in B.C. 12989

Provincial Health Services Authority, review of youth death case 12857-8

Provincial Surgical Executive Committee, policy discussion paper on delivery of surgical services 12638

Public health

child health promotion programs 12854

Healthy Families B.C. strategy 12849

Panorama public health system project 12621-5

Representative for Children and Youth, access to information on review of mental health death case 12857

Richmond Hospital, pilot project on surgical wait times 12435

Royal Columbian Hospital, redevelopment 12848

Ryan-Lloyd, Kate, participation in marathon 12304

St. Paul's Hospital, redevelopment plans and relocation 12590-1, 12633

Saskatchewan health care system, surgical wait times 12435, 12636

School district 52 (Prince Rupert), drinking water quality and testing in schools 10440-1, 10485-6, 10563-4, 12852-3

School district 82 (Coast Mountains), drinking water quality and testing in schools 10485-6

Schools

drinking water quality and testing 10440-1, 10563-4, 11252, 12852-3

drinking water quality and testing, reports 10485-6

Seniors

housing

independent living residences and hospitality services 12319-20, 12327-8

shared homes with home care staff 12330

seniors guide publication 12864

SeniorsBC website and information 12864

Seniors advocate

access to information 11921-2

budget 12651

establishment 11700

government implementation of recommendations 11760, 11855, 11921-2, 12262, 12583, 12651, 12698

reports and reviews 12651

Better at Home program 12862-3

seniors care facilities and medication use 11922

role and relationship with government 12650, 12865

website information 11855

workplan 12651-2

Shouldice Hospital 12637

Site C power project, power supply 10755

South Okanagan General Hospital, services 12310

Sports and recreation, 10K events and marathons, MLA and Legislature staff participation 12304

Statements

Hockey events in Kamloops and Kelowna 11696

Participation in run events by MLAs and Legislature staff 12304

Steele Springs area drinking water quality and advisory 10361-2, 10872-3

Substance abuse and addiction

illegal drugs, opioid production and use 12757, 12860-1

illegal drugs, use and addiction 12771

opioid overdoses, deaths and data collection 12623-5, 12711, 12757-8

opioid overdoses, deaths and response 12860-1

treatment services, beds 12579-80, 12772

treatment services, consent 12771

treatment services, residential placement fees 12772

Suicide prevention, services 12987

Sunridge Place, care standards and staffing 12720

Ticks, Ixodes pacificus ticks with Lyme bacteria 12785

Trade agreements and partnerships, potential impact on prescription drug costs and mitigation 12703

Tributes

Women's World Hockey volunteers 11756

United Way of the Lower Mainland, Better at Home program, administration and costs 12862-3

UBC, chair of rural health 12857

Vancouver

ambulance service in downtown area 12591

Downtown Eastside, pharmacy clients 12264

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

disclosure of information on long-term care facilities 11921

surgical services, Richmond hip and knee reconstruction project 12639-40

use of PARIS information system 12621

Vancouver General Hospital, dental surgery services 13308

Vancouver Island

sexual assault services at hospitals 12718-9

youth mental health and addiction treatment beds 12772-3

Vancouver Island Health Authority

capital projects, new hospitals 12592

colon cancer screening services 12634

medical imaging services 12643

Vancouver–West End constituency and area, health care services and facilities 12590-1

Varicella-zoster virus, immunization of older adults for shingles 12707

Waldron, Nicole, death at St. Paul's Hospital and coroner's report 12717-8

Water

drinking water fluoridation and dental health 12854

drinking water protection 10361-2, 10872-3

drinking water quality and testing in old buildings 11252-3, 12853

drinking water quality and testing in public buildings 11253

Weaver, Andrew, work on climate change 11873

Whistleblowing, protection for whistleblowers 12326

Wood, Evan, work on substance use and harm reduction issues 12711, 12861

World Health Organization, position on paid blood donors 12901

Young, Eddie, suicide death 12987