This issue features articles on the Cowichan Health & Care Plan, a new Island Health program that helps caregivers navigate their journey, a new transportation service in the North Island, conversations on climate change and more.
Due to limited staffing availability, Saanich Peninsula Hospital emergency department will be closed overnight from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on Friday, June 23 and Saturday, June 24. The emergency department will remain open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day.
A pair of Cowichan-based Island Health employees are cycling across Canada this summer to raise funds and awareness about mental health, homelessness, substance use and brain injuries - and how these issues are so connected.
As the closure of Highway 4 carries on into a third week, Island Health continues to implement contingency plans to minimize impacts to patients and clients and ensure emergency services are there for those that need them.
Community resilience will be supported by 51 new projects across Vancouver Island and surrounding coastal communities because of Island Health’s Community Wellness Grant Program.
Residents of Vancouver Island living with moderate mental health and substance use challenges now have improved access to publicly-funded, community-based counselling.