This week, the B.C. Ministry of Health announced the release of the Allied Health Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan), which focuses on recruitment, retention, training and redesigning of the allied health workforce, to ensure people have access to the health-care providers they need. The Strategic Plan was created as part of the B.C. Health Human Resources (HHR) Strategy and informed by the provincial consultations summarized in the What We Heard Report. It sets the definition of “allied health” for the province, prioritizes and profiles 42 actions in the HHR Strategy and introduces 15 new actions that together will strengthen the allied health workforce and the collective capacity to contribute to the health and well-being of the people of B.C.
The Allied Health Policy Secretariat will be hosting three separate webinars to provide more details and answer any questions about the Strategic Plan. Webinars will be held on:
- Wednesday, January 17th from 8:00am-9:00am PST:
https://ca01web.zoom.us/j/64275107231?pwd=VmJWZkhKMjk0eHhpQTJBdVhSeXA1dz09
Meeting ID: 642 7510 7231
Passcode: 721146
- Thursday, January 18th from 5:00pm-6:00pm PST:
https://ca01web.zoom.us/j/65863973387?pwd=L3dhb1BsNkdia0laNHJMaldFQ2N4Zz09
Meeting ID: 658 6397 3387
Passcode: 802907 - Tuesday, January 23rd from 12:00pm-1:00pm PST:
https://ca01web.zoom.us/j/61444113308?pwd=Vk52ZGxXUDVuNm5TSlNBUEJiUStRUT09
Meeting ID: 614 4411 3308
Passcode: 358927
If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Allied Health Policy Secretariat at AHPS.HLTH@gov.bc.ca.
The official announcement on the Government of B.C. website can be found here.
