Rapid Access Addiction Clinics (RAACs)
Rapid Access Addiction Clinics provide support for people who are ready to change how they're using substances.
Access Central (Addictions Care in BC)
Access Central is the front door to publicly funded addictions care in your region. It’s open seven days a week, but hours are different in different locations, so check the times before calling.
Access Central - Island Health
Provides same-day clinical assessment by an addiction doctor or nurse over the phone and connects people to substance use services in their geographic location. Options include virtual, bed-based, at home, or in the community services.
Access staff can also help clients access Opioid Agonist Therapy and anti-craving medications for alcohol.
Access Central - Vancouver Coastal Health
Provides a detox and addiction housing referral line. Adults who require detoxification receive immediate screening by health care workers, who set up appointment times with the provider that most suits a client's needs.
Also provides housing information, screening, referral, and placement services for adult men and women who are dealing with substance use issues.
Access Central - Interior Health
Provides same-day clinical assessment by an addiction doctor or nurse over the phone and connects people to substance use services in their geographic location. Options include virtual, bed-based, at home, or in the community services.
Staff can also help clients access Opioid Agonist Therapy and anti-craving medications for alcohol.
Access Central - Fraser Health
Provides same-day clinical assessment by an addiction doctor or nurse over the phone and connects people to substance use services in their geographic location. Options include virtual, bed-based, at home, or in the community services.
Staff can also help clients access Opioid Agonist Therapy and anti-craving medications for alcohol.
Opioid Treatment Access Line
Provides confidential and same-day access to opioid agonist treatment medication for people throughout BC with opioid use disorder to prevent withdrawals, reduce cravings and the risk of overdoses.
People can call the access line to speak with a doctor or nurse over the phone who can prescribe the medication and offer connections to supports in the community.
Mobile Access Project
Offers outreach services to help women working on the streets of Vancouver. A mobile vehicle travels in areas of the city where there are few or no services open late at night.
Snacks, beverages, basic first aid supplies, and harm reduction and safer sex supplies such as condoms and clean needles, are provided. Staff with lived experience provide emotional support and referral to emergency shelters, health care services and other community supports.
Virtual Addiction Medicine Clinic
Provides virtual rapid access to addiction medicine specialists to support people who need help with substance use including prescribing opioid agonist treatment and medical support in reducing cravings for alcohol.
Appointments take place over the phone for individuals living in the Interior Health region. Request an appointment online.
Integrated Mobile Crisis Response Team
Provides rapid, mobile, community-based response to children, youth and families who are experiencing immediate concerns related to mental health and substance use issues. The team includes professionals with backgrounds in nursing, law enforcement, child and youth care, social work, and psychology.
Areas of concern include acute depression, dementia, psychosis, mania, suicide risk, acute distress, post traumatic stress, severe anxiety, and aggression or behavioural problems with children.
