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2003
December 5, 2003
Patients who have paid fees to private clinics can get their money back
That’s what the BC Nurses’ Union learned this year after it demanded compensation for one of its members who had paid $3000 to a Lower Mainland private clinic for medically-necessary knee surgery. More...
December 4, 2003
Nurses say new legislation shows BC Liberals are recognizing their responsibilities under the Canada Health Act
To ensure the law against extra billing at private clinics is enforced, the nurses’ union has set up a hotline at 1-800-667-1079 for patients to report when they have been billed illegally for medically-necessary services. More...
November 20, 2003
Bill reveals private firm will own new Abbotsford Hospital
Patients are betrayed as new legislation gives private consortium the right to run emergency room, cancer clinics, other services for profit. More...
November 18, 2003
Nurses to sound the alarm at IHA Board meeting tomorrow
Deteriorating care for seniors, elimination of Registered Nurses, and increased waiting times for patients are major concerns. More...
November 12, 2003
BC Liberals must cancel private hospital experiments
New study demonstrates that needless costs and a lack of accountability result from P3s. More...
November 4, 2003
St. Mary’s decision hurts the elderly and the dying
Domino effect of provincial government move creates chaos for patients and families throughout Fraser Health Authority region. More...
November 3, 2003
St. Mary’s announcement confirms recklessness of Liberal health care schemes
Nurses say the government statement kills a hospital that has been a model of community accessibility, fiscal responsibility and health care success. More...
October 27, 2003
Nurses launch new television ad
"Ensuring the care we need". More...
October 21, 2003
BCNU launches pension law suit on behalf of retired nurses
Aim is to restore extended health benefits eroded as a result of provincial government’s cuts to Medicare and pharmacare that particularly hurt seniors. More...
October 10, 2003
VGH: Hands-off security scheme puts patient safety at risk
Hospital memo tells nurses they can no longer direct security guards to intervene in violent incidents once a private contractor takes over at midnight Saturday. More...
October 3, 2003
Interior Health Authority targets seniors again with user fees
Daily charge for in-patient rehabilitation care, halted in Kelowna last year, ramping up in Kootenay Boundary area. More...
September 25, 2003
Health Officials refuse to present plan for palliative care at public forum tonight
Scheduled cuts are irresponsible and show poor planning says Coalition to Restore Palliative Care at St. Paul’s. More...
September 17, 2003
Long-term care numbers, government report show mounting crisis in continuing care
Health coalition says minister of intermediate, long-term and home care should resign. [ full version - 2.9MB pdf ]
September 16, 2003
Nurses, hospital staff take concerns over privatized security to police and city hall.
Mounting anxieties about the impending privatization of security services at Vancouver's two largest hospitals have prompted a committee of health care workers from B.C. Nurses' Union, the Hospital Employee's Union (CUPE) and the Health Sciences Association to take their concerns to City Hall and the Vancouver Police Board. [full version - 102K pdf]
September 11, 2003
Unions intend to appeal BC Supreme Court judgment on contract-breaking law
Health care workers representing nearly 100,000 front line workers say they intend to appeal a B.C. Supreme Court judgement handed down today that dismisses their constitutional challenge to provincial contract-breaking legislation. More...
August 28, 2003
President's Response to Government Ad
Once again the Liberal government has felt compelled to divert precious health
care dollars to costly and misleading advertising. More...
August 27, 2003
Scientific research proves government’s private surgery scheme threatens public health
With just two days left for companies to submit expressions of interest, BCNU calls on the provincial government to halt Vancouver Coastal Health Authority’s plan to contract out thousands of surgeries in Richmond. More...
August 26, 2003
Nurses’ Union initiates relief for forest fire stricken communities
setting up emergency staffing roster and nurses’ fund. More...
August 21, 2003
Registered nurses essential at Mission Memorial Hospital extended care unit Plans to slash the number of RNs at the Mission facility will lower the standard of care and place residents’ health and safety at risk. More...
August 19, 2003
Private clinic makes good on fee violation
$3000 fee reimbursed after nurses revealed Canada Health Act breach. More...
August 6, 2003
Residents and family members join nurses in effort to keep RNs at Minoru Residence
More than management’s reassurance that care will not suffer needed to allay fears. More...
July 28, 2003
Nurses fear for resident safety at Minoru Residence
BCNU demands moratorium on restructuring until risk fully evaluated. More...
July 18, 2003
More violence at Mission Hospital increases nurses’ concerns
Knife-pulling incident adds pressure on Fraser Health Authority to release details of its security deal with a new private contractor. More...
June 30, 2003
Nurses demand MSP reimburse patient for private surgery
The $3000 fee charged for medically-necessary procedures reveals more violations of the Canada Health Act at private clinics, that are poised to win surgery contracts from the Campbell Liberals. More...
May 29, 2003
Nurses, patients decry cuts to palliative care
Nurses joined with patients and family members today to decry plans to close hospital beds and services throughout BC that accommodate people in the final days of their lives, as well as their families. More...
May 28, 2003
Nurses demand immediate action to protect staff and patients from violent attacks
Vancouver Island nurses from Port Alberni have been subjected to two violent incidents in the past two weeks and say they fear daily for the safety of staff and the public. More...
May 22, 2003
Mission shooting: Nurses request urgent meeting on security
Nurses have serious concerns about security in the Fraser Health Authority in light of the tragic shooting at Mission Memorial Hospital this week. More...
May 15, 2003
Nurses reveal major lessons from SARS crisis
To control infections and keep patients safe, health authorities must abandon schemes to contract out housekeeping and other support services. SARS also revealed a crisis in nurse staffing, while confirming the value of cooperation and consultation. More...
April 23, 2003
Nurses blast Interior Health Authority for intimidation tactics
Investigation of nurses who spoke to the news media flies in the face of Health Service Minister’s claim that "there is no gag order." More...
April 7, 2003
Conflict taints bidding process for Abbotsford private hospital
The process of choosing a developer for the BC Liberals’ private hospital scheme in Abbotsford is clouded by more controversy, with a government document revealing a serious appearance of conflict of interest in the competition that ends today (April 7). More...
April 3, 2003
UBC Hospital should be the key location in fighting SARS
Nurses say instead of relying on understaffed, under-equipped and scattered locations, health authorities should concentrate the response to the epidemic at UBC where the staffing and facilities already exist. More...
March 27, 2003
Premier owes nurses an apology for labour violations
Condemnation by United Nations body gives BC a black eye in the same international community it wants to impress in its drive for trade, 2010 Olympics. More...
March 26, 2003
Nurses appalled by proposed security plan
Fraser Health Authority scheme puts responsibility on nurses to handle violent patients, while low-paid private security staff stand by. More...
March 24, 2003
Nurses demand halt to talks with US health giant linked to patient deaths
US Justice Department subpoenas documents; company announces settlements with patients’ families while it negotiates a contract to take over kidney disease care and dialysis in Fraser Health Authority. More...
March 03, 2003
Lawyer Dances in Court, Mocking Clients
Court refuses to enforce law, orders eviction of brain-injured clients from Skeleem. More...
February 28, 2003
Provincial Health Services Minister must be accountable to BC’s brain-injured
Families tired of being fed a diet of intimidation, lies and deceit. More...
February 25, 2003
Brain-injured clients and families launch new legal action to defend their right to treatment
Brain-injured clients and their families today launched a new legal action to defend the clients’ right to appropriate care and treatment at the Skeleem Recovery Centre in Cobble Hill. More...
February 18, 2003
Federal Budget small step forward in addressing social deficit due to a decade of cuts
Some of nurses’ recommendations to Romanow beginning to see the light of day. More...
February 18, 2003
Budget "on track" for more health care cuts: nurses
The BC Liberals can claim their fiscal plan is "on track" only because today’s provincial budget clearly shows they're pushing ahead with the reckless cuts to health care that have devastated services to patients across BC, particularly in the so-called "heartlands" of the province. More...
February 17, 2003
Advocates for British Columbia’s Brain Injured shocked at lack of government plan for care
Mental Health Minister’s rep says "Provincial Health Authority has no appetite to save Skeleem faculty or recovery services." More...
February 14, 2003
"Slash Gordon": Chief villain in nurses’ health care comic to appear Monday on Vancouver streets
On the eve of the provincial budget, a new comic book and its most dastardly character, Slash Gordon, will highlight cuts to health care services inflicted by the Campbell Liberals. More...
February 14, 2003
BC Health Coalition hits the streets at London Drugs with a call to Premier’s top Health Care advisors
"Tell Gordon Campbell to have a heart. Tell him his Pharmacare cuts are wrong!" More...
February 6, 2003
Following health accord, nurses challenge Campbell to reverse cuts
The priorities for BC are an end to the provincial freeze on health care funding, and an expansion of programs identified in First Ministers’ deal, delivered by not-for-profit providers. More...
February 4, 2003
Skeleem Recovery Centre agrees to halt transfer of brain-injured clients
In an 11th hour settlement, the Provincial Health Authority and management of the Skeleem Recovery Centre in Cobble Hill have agreed not to transfer any brain-injured clients without their informed consent for at least four weeks. More...
February 3, 2003
New poll shows British Columbians back Romanow, reject Campbell’s views on Medicare
Premier should note the results, as he prepares for this week’s First Ministers’ conference on health care. More...
January 28, 2003
Blockade postpones eviction of brain-injured clients from Skeleem Recovery Centre
Faced with a group of 50 family members and supporters, the management of the Skeleem Recovery Centre in Cobble Hill has advised two clients and their families that they will not be transferred today to Riverview mental hospital. More...
January 27, 2003
Nurses mark first anniversary of law that helped the Liberals close hospitals and eliminate services
Nurses will be marking tomorrow’s first anniversary of the notorious law that ripped up their contract last year, by handing out a leaflet in their workplaces documenting the devastating effects. More...
January 27, 2003
Nurses demand investigation of billing practices at private surgery clinics Citing possible violations of the Canada Health Act and several BC statutes, union calls on the federal health minister to intervene with the BC government. More...
January 23, 2003
Nurses to Sindi Hawkins: Accept new federal health dollars with strings attached
Nurses will be there for lunch today, when the Health Planning Minister touts her government’s health care policies to the Vancouver Board of Trade. More...
January 23, 2003
BC Health Coalition tells Gordon Campbell "Be accountable to British Columbians" at Premiers’ meeting
Argue for more health care dollars with strings attached. More...
January 17, 2003
Campaign launched to save Skeleem Recovery Centre
Specialized care for brain injury patients at risk. More...
January 17, 2003
To regain trust, the Premier must cancel deceptive ads
In a letter to Gordon Campbell, nurses also call on him to remove the false and misleading material from the government’s web site. More...
January 10, 2003
BCNU demands immediate investigation into dangerous mishandling of laundry services
Fraser Health Authority jeopardizes patient safety by permitting contractor to launder soiled and bloodied birthing sheets in household washing machines. More...
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