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From YouTube: APRIL 25 2023 Statements Jordan Sturdy
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
Mr
Speaker,
the
delivery
of
Health
Care
must
change
and
is
changing
community-led.
Efforts
are
being
developed
across
the
province
in
response
to
the
shortage
of
Family
Practice
physicians
in
west
Vancouver,
see
the
sky.
Two
active
and
engaged
communities
have
been
creating
Solutions
in
community
Bowen,
Island
and
Whistler
on
born
Island.
The
ambition
was
bold:
to
build
a
new
Community
Health
Center
to
House
Primary,
emergency
mental
public
and
dental
health,
as
well
as
ancillary
Services.
A
After
years
of
planning,
constant
fundraisers
and
the
efforts
of
a
deeply
passionate
community
and
the
contributions
of
over
500
bowling
Island
families,
they
raised
six
million
dollars
to
get
the
project
started
and
is
tracking
to
be
open
later
in
fall
this
year
and
I
certainly
look
forward
to
celebrating
with
them.
On
that
day,
the
community
health
center
is
owned
and
operated
by
a
Bowen,
Island
Health
Center
Foundation
and
which
is
an
independent
registered
charity
in
Whistler.
The
vision
for
an
Integrated
Health
Center
was
similar.
A
A
task
force
was
formed
in
2019
in
response
to
a
chronic
shortage
of
family
physicians.
They
began
with
an
assessment
of
existing
models,
with
a
focus
on
structures
where
local
Society
manages
primary
care
clinics
in
2022,
The,
Whistler,
360,
Health
collaborative
Society
achieved
registered
charitable
status,
which
enabled
them
to
act
on
their
phased
approach,
starting
with
the
provision
of
affordable
space
and
more
doctors.
Now
the
society
was
able
to
secure
vacant
commercial
space
along
Main
Street,
where
the
First
new
physician
saw
her
first
patient
on
March
29th
just
a
couple
weeks
ago.
A
In
both
cases,
the
society
takes
care
of
the
business
of
primary
care,
while
the
practitioners
focus
on
patients
very
much
what
doctors
really
want
to
be
doing.
Mr
Speaker
these
Innovative
initiatives
takes
years
of
dedicated,
volunteer
work
and
commitment
and
are
changing
the
landscape
of
Primary
Care
in
favor
of
community-led
models
and
I'm
sure
the
house
will
join
me
in
Wishing,
Bowen,
Island
and
Whistler
much
success
in
bringing
quality,
longitudinal
Family
Practice
to
their
communities.