Code Blue: BC Wait Times

Advocacy in Action BCRS Member, Dr. Paula Gordon, speaks to the wait times for Breast Imaging in BC. 

Wait times for breast imaging at health authority sites are already out of control. If CICs which do breast imaging reduce services or close, it will be a complete disaster. There is high risk of this unless urgent action is taken.For many months now, we have been calling on the government to take urgent action…

Advocacy In Action Ahead of the upcoming Estimates process in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, the BCRS met with Dr. Anna Kindy, BC Health Critic, to ensure our priorities are clearly understood before detailed budget review begins. This timing matters. Engaging in advance of Estimates allows us to frame the pressures facing Radiologists before…

Advocacy In Action Thank you to the Honourable Josie Osborne, Minister of Health, and Dr. Adam Thompson, President of Doctors of BC, for joining us and supporting important conversations around the future of medical imaging in British Columbia. We are incredibly grateful to our members, speakers, sponsors, and partners for helping make this event such…

“The wait time in BC was bad in the fall and the situation is now critical,” Dr. Yong-Hing. 

Advocacy In Action Thank you to Hon. Josie Osborne, British Columbia’s Minister of Health and MLA for Mid Island-Pacific Rim, taking the time to meet with us today. We shared how BC’s radiologist shortage is driving wait times up for patients and pushing talent to other provinces. We are grateful for the thoughtful conversation about…