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VCH Richmond’s first Community Health Centre could be operational by late 2018. The city centre site on Alderbridge Way will increase VCH Richmond’s ability to bring complimentary programs and services together under one roof.

(VIDEO) Meet three nurse practitioners (and one dog) who find caring for residents both rewarding and life-affirming.

After being temporarily assigned to help with the overdose crisis the Mobile Medical Unit’s (MMU) deployment on the Downtown Eastside (DTES) is ending.

VCH Richmond marks Mental Health Week, May 1 to 7, with a record number of Patient Advisors now embedded into Mental Health and Substance Use services and programs. The milestone underscores the Richmond MHSU core value that clients and families have a critical role to play in planning, evaluating and delivering services.

I love seeing the pumped reaction of patients when they’ve made small changes and can see the positive results.

In the West End, seniors are living better, longer, in their own homes with the help of Jo Birdsall, nurse practitioner and honorary daughter to grateful patients.

‘There isn’t a place that envelopes everything like Foundry will.’

Program will be co-located in S.U.C.C.E.S.S. assisted living facility, Austin Harris Residence in Steveston.

In the Downtown Eastside, a team of nurse practitioners is pounding the pavement to lower barriers to care for Vancouver’s most vulnerable residents.

North Shore respite program enables earlier discharges from LGH thanks to community supports.