The Legislative
Assembly of
British Columbia
PATIENTS FIRST:
Renewal and Reform of British Columbia's
Health Care System
Select Standing Committee on Health
Report
2001
"We could prevent up to 60 to 70 per cent of all
cancers… up to 90 per cent
of all heart disease, up to 60 per cent of all strokes, up to 90 per cent of all
cases of chronic lung disease, up to 90 per cent of all diabetes - all the
things
that are filling up our hospitals, and our doctor's offices and our graveyards…
I am deeply concerned that the entire focus of the general public,
the current government and the health care system as a whole is to pull drowning
people out of the river. I implore you to ensure we devote adequate time and
resources to making sure people don't fall into the river in the first
place."
Dr. Andrew Larder, Medical Health Officer, East Kootenay Region
National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
British Columbia. Legislative Assembly. Select Standing Committee on Health.
Patients First : Renewal and Reform of British Columbia's Health Care System
Cover title.
"Valerie Roddick, Chair."
ISBN 0-7726-4677-5
1. Medical policy - British Columbia.
2. Public health administration - British Columbia.
3. Health planning - British Columbia I. Title.
RA412.5C3P37 2001 362.1'09711 C2001-960306-1
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December 10, 2001
To the Honourable,
The Legislative Assembly of the
Province of British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Honourable Members:
I have the honour to present herewith Patients First: Renewal and Reform of British Columbia's Health Care System, the report of the Select Standing Committee on Health for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Parliament.
The Report covers the work of the Committee with respect to the changes that are necessary to improve the provision of health services in British Columbia
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Committee,
Val Roddick, MLA
Chair