By BC Gov News |
Nurses across B.C. will soon benefit from expanded mental-health services and anti-racism supports to help strengthen the workforce and enable culturally safe patient care.
“Nurses and nurse practitioners play an integral role in the delivery of health care,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. “We have heard from them, but more than that, we are listening to what they need to thrive in their chosen profession. Through this investment, nurses across the province will have access to improved mental-health and cultural-humility supports – an important step in delivering on our promises of strengthening retention of staff and supporting Indigenous cultural safety throughout the B.C. health-care system.”
The Ministry of Health has provided Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of British Columbia (NNPBC) one-time funding of $500,000 to expand virtual mental-health services offered through Advica Health. Advica Health is a Canadian-based health navigation company that provides comprehensive virtual health-care services through nurse navigators, registered mental health providers and medical specialists.