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 British Columbians. 

Featured Topics

• Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  Learn more about Coronavirus (COVID-19).
• Health & Drug Coverage
  Learn more about the Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare for B.C. residents.
• Accessing Health Care
  Find a healthcare service provider and how to apply for financial aid when you need to travel for medical purposes.
• 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.
• 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

• Medical Services Plan
  The Medical Services Plan (MSP) insures medically-required services provided by physicians and supplementary health-care practitioners, and diagnostic procedures.
• PharmaCare
  BC PharmaCare helps B.C. residents with the cost of eligible prescription drugs, and certain medical supplies and pharmacy 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.
• 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.