Starting next week, MHSU will start moving their services into the new Joseph & Rosalie Segal & Family Health Centre at 803 West 12^th Avenue.

This move consolidates inpatient and outpatient services under one roof to provide clients with the treatment, programs and skills they need to successfully resume life in the community. “This will greatly enhance and centralize the care we provide to our Vancouver patients and clients by providing a single point of contact, intake, assessment and service coordination in partnership with physicians and local community agencies,” says Laura Case, Chief Operating Office, Vancouver Community.

The new nine-story building replaces outdated facilities such as the former VGH Willow Chest Centre (built in 1948) and Health Centre at VGH (circa 1943). It is also the new home for our Access and Assessment Centre (AAC), which opened in April 2016 in the Vancouver General Hospital Health Centre. “I also feel very proud of the fact that this is the largest purpose-built facility of its kind in the province, caring for people with mental illness and substance use problems from all walks of life,” adds Case.

The facility was made possible thanks to the generous contribution from the Segal family and other contributions made through the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, as well as funding from the Liberal Government. Located in the centre of the VGH campus between the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre and the Leon Judah Blackmore Pavilion, the Segal Family Health Centre has 100 private rooms, each with their own washroom. The building also has a rooftop garden with a stunning view of downtown Vancouver and the North Shore mountains.

There will be an official ceremony for the opening of the new facility in the fall.

For more information about the move, please contact Christie Paxton at Christie.Paxton@vch.ca.

Move Sequence and new contact information:

August 21—    Psychiatric Assessment Unit (PAU) moves into the 6^th floor of Segal Family Health Centre *This is temporary while their space is being renovated* Main Number 604-875-4018

Brief Intervention Unit (BIU) moves into the 5^th floor of Segal Family Health Centre Main Number 604-675-3740

August 23—     *Access & Assessment Centre (AAC) moves into the 1^st floor of Segal Family Health Centre (see below contact information)

*New* Tertiary Mental Health moves into the 4^th floor of Segal Family Health Centre Main Number 604-675-3730

August 24—     Outpatient Psychiatry Services moves into the 2^nd floor of Segal Family Health Centre Main Number 604-675-3710

*New* Tertiary Mental Health continues to move into the 4^th floor of Segal Family Health Centre Main Number 604-675-3730

August 25—     Mental Health Administration moves into the 3^rd floor of Segal Family Health Centre Main Number 604-675-3720

August 28—     Health Centre West 1 moves into the 8^th floor of Segal Family Health Centre Main Number 604-675-3770

Health Centre East 1 moves into the 7^th floor of Segal Family Health Centre Main Number 604-675-3760

*To contact the AAC between now and August 23, please call the old number at 604-875-8289. You can reach them at their new number (604-675-3700) on August 23^rd.