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Hoarding Services

Island Health

Offers support services to help people struggling with clutter and hoarding disorder in the Greater Victoria area. The team works together with the individual and appropriate professionals, such as fire prevention officers, to address immediate health and safety concerns. Access to group support is also available.

Overdose Prevention and Response - Island Health

Island Health

Provides an online listing of overdose prevention service sites for the Island Health area, as well as overdose information and resources.

Mobile Overdose Prevention Service

Northern Health

Offers mobile street outreach and harm reduction supplies to individuals in Dawson Creek. A mobile vehicle travels to different areas of the city and provides basic nursing services and supports, supervised injection and safer drug injection supplies, naloxone and naloxone training, needle exchange, safer sex supplies, harm reduction education, and referrals to other substance use services.

Health Connections - Tumbler Ridge

Northern Health

Provides low-cost transportation options for rural residents who must travel for non-emergency, physician-referred medical care outside their home communities. Service area includes Tumbler Ridge to Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Grande Prairie.

Health Connections

Northern Health

Provides low-cost transportation options for rural residents who must travel for non-emergency, physician-referred medical care outside their home communities. Advance reservations are required.

Prince George AIDS Prevention Program

Northern Health

Provides street outreach and harm reduction supplies to members of the community in need. Program offers needle exchange, injection drug and crack cocaine use equipment, condoms and safer-sex items, access to testing and treatment, education, and referrals to other health agencies for drug detox, treatment or counselling.

Health Connections - Haida Gwaii

Northern Health

Provides low-cost transportation options for rural residents who must travel for non-emergency, physician-referred medical care outside their home communities.

The bus service is provided for travel between Daajing Giids and Masset. Passengers from all communities are welcome. Advance reservations are required.

Car 60

Northern Health

Provides emergency response to crisis calls related to mental health situations or crisis concerns in partnership with the RCMP and the Northern Health Authority.

A plainclothes RCMP member and psychiatric nurse work together to help de-escalate situations, provide crisis intervention and connect people to community services and supports.

Virtual Primary and Community Care

Northern Health

Provides a range of health services by phone or video call to help residents meet their everyday health care needs in order to stay healthy and prevent illness.

Call the clinic for concerns such as minor injuries and sprains, mild pain, skin rashes and infections, vomiting, diarrhea, asthma or shortness of breath, sore throat, and mental health or substance use support.

The clinic also provides COVID-19 assessments for those experiencing symptoms.

Indigenous Health

Northern Health

Supports the Northern Health Authority in its commitment to build a health system that honours diversity and provides culturally safe services.

Online resources include publications, webinars, and local cultural resources, as well as an interactive map to find locations and contact information for Indigenous communities and health centres, friendship centres, Métis associations and Aboriginal liaisons in Northern BC.

Showing 61 - 70 of 529 Resources

Hoarding Services

Island Health

Offers support services to help people struggling with clutter and hoarding disorder in the Greater Victoria area. The team works together with the individual and appropriate professionals, such as fire prevention officers, to address immediate health and safety concerns. Access to group support is also available.

Overdose Prevention and Response - Island Health

Island Health

Provides an online listing of overdose prevention service sites for the Island Health area, as well as overdose information and resources.

Mobile Overdose Prevention Service

Northern Health

Offers mobile street outreach and harm reduction supplies to individuals in Dawson Creek. A mobile vehicle travels to different areas of the city and provides basic nursing services and supports, supervised injection and safer drug injection supplies, naloxone and naloxone training, needle exchange, safer sex supplies, harm reduction education, and referrals to other substance use services.

Health Connections - Tumbler Ridge

Northern Health

Provides low-cost transportation options for rural residents who must travel for non-emergency, physician-referred medical care outside their home communities. Service area includes Tumbler Ridge to Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Grande Prairie.

Health Connections

Northern Health

Provides low-cost transportation options for rural residents who must travel for non-emergency, physician-referred medical care outside their home communities. Advance reservations are required.

Prince George AIDS Prevention Program

Northern Health

Provides street outreach and harm reduction supplies to members of the community in need. Program offers needle exchange, injection drug and crack cocaine use equipment, condoms and safer-sex items, access to testing and treatment, education, and referrals to other health agencies for drug detox, treatment or counselling.

Health Connections - Haida Gwaii

Northern Health

Provides low-cost transportation options for rural residents who must travel for non-emergency, physician-referred medical care outside their home communities.

The bus service is provided for travel between Daajing Giids and Masset. Passengers from all communities are welcome. Advance reservations are required.

Car 60

Northern Health

Provides emergency response to crisis calls related to mental health situations or crisis concerns in partnership with the RCMP and the Northern Health Authority.

A plainclothes RCMP member and psychiatric nurse work together to help de-escalate situations, provide crisis intervention and connect people to community services and supports.

Virtual Primary and Community Care

Northern Health

Provides a range of health services by phone or video call to help residents meet their everyday health care needs in order to stay healthy and prevent illness.

Call the clinic for concerns such as minor injuries and sprains, mild pain, skin rashes and infections, vomiting, diarrhea, asthma or shortness of breath, sore throat, and mental health or substance use support.

The clinic also provides COVID-19 assessments for those experiencing symptoms.

Indigenous Health

Northern Health

Supports the Northern Health Authority in its commitment to build a health system that honours diversity and provides culturally safe services.

Online resources include publications, webinars, and local cultural resources, as well as an interactive map to find locations and contact information for Indigenous communities and health centres, friendship centres, Métis associations and Aboriginal liaisons in Northern BC.

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