Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health has overall responsibility for ensuring that quality, appropriate, cost effective and timely health services are available for all people in B.C. 

Featured topics

• Accessing Health Care
  Find health-care services and how to apply for financial aid when you need to travel for medical purposes.
• Health Connect Registry
  If you live in B.C. and need a primary care provider, register for the Health Connect Registry.
• Health & Drug Coverage
  Learn more about the Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare for B.C. residents.
• Building better mental health and addictions care
  B.C. is rising to new challenges to make sure people get the care they need, where and when they need it, no matter how many tries it takes.
• HelpStartsHere
  Access over 2500 service listings and resources related to mental health and substance use supports available in BC.
• Health Forms
  A collection of health-related forms.
• Office of the Provincial Health Officer
  The provincial health officer is the senior public health official for B.C.
• Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  Learn more about Coronavirus (COVID-19).
• Office of Indigenous Health
  The Office provides an Indigenous lens to strategic priorities, legislation, and policy and program development in the Ministry of Health.
• B.C. Guidelines
  Clinical practice guidelines and protocols that provide recommendations to B.C. practitioners on delivering high quality, appropriate care to patients.

Featured services

• HealthLink BC
  24 hours a day, 7 days a week HealthLink BC provides access to non-emergency health information and advice by phone, website, mobile app, and print.
• Medical Services Plan
  The Medical Services Plan (MSP) insures medically-required services provided by physicians and supplementary health-care practitioners, and diagnostic procedures.
• BC PharmaCare
  BC PharmaCare helps B.C. residents with the cost of eligible prescription drugs, and certain medical supplies and pharmacy services.
• Vital Statistics
  Information on births, marriages, deaths, legal changes of name, adoptions, order certificates & copies and extracts, online birth registration, will notices, and government identification.
• Health Care Complaints
  Learn how to submit a complaint about health-care services. 

Minister

Parliamentary Secretary

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Deputy Minister

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