2007

December 13, 2007
Copeman decision - nurses want a full accounting
In a letter to George Abbott, Debra McPherson asks exactly how the Medical Services Commission conducted its investigation and reached its dubious conclusions More...

November 28, 2007
BC Nurses' Union calls government review of Copeman's "Club Medicare" an outrage
President McPherson says it is a bad day for Medicare and demands full disclosure More...

November 28, 2007
Whistleblower bill good first step
Nurses re-issue demand for government support for comprehensive protection. More...

November 26, 2007
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and the BC Nurses' Union thank everyone who helped bring an ailing Saanich woman back to Canada from Vietnam
The husband and children of Chinh Ngo are grateful she is home and the family is reunited More...

October 29, 2007
Illegal medicare billing
The BC Nurses' Union faces off against the provincial government in BC Supreme Court on Tuesday October 30, in the union’s on-going legal action against Victoria for failing to enforce the laws of medicare. More...

October 18, 2007
Urgent appeal to reunite Canadian family by bringing ailing wife and mother of three boys back from Vietnam
S.U.C.C.E.S.S., the Lac Viet Public Education Society, and the BC Nurses' Union are joining forces to try to help the family of Chinh Ngo More...

October 12, 2007
Harper's plan to renew InSite's permit for only six months – outrageous after extensive research shows the need for safe injection site
Nurses condemn and challenge Harper's plan to wage war on drugs More...

September 30, 2007
Nurses submission to Conversation on Health
Health care is too fundamental to the well-being of our community to be treated as just another commodity to be bought and sold in the private marketplace. More...

September 21, 2007
BC Government must respond to call to improve home support services
The BC Health Coalition calls on the provincial government to respond to the more than 30 municipalities that have passed resolutions in favour of improving home support services. More...

September 7, 2007
Illegal medicare billing – Judge postpones court case until October
A BC Supreme Court judge today postponed a hearing concerning BCNU's legal action against the provincial government until Oct. 29. More...

September 6, 2007
Health unions hold first meeting with government on Bill 29 court ruling Health care unions met today with representatives of the provincial government to deal with the repercussions of last June’s landmark Supreme Court decision that declared parts of a 2002 contract-stripping law unconstitutional. More...

September 6, 2007
Illegal medicare billing: Nurses' case goes to BC Supreme Court on Friday (Sept. 7)
The BC Nurses'Union will be in BC Supreme Court on Friday (September 7) in its on-going legal action against the provincial government for failing to enforce the laws of medicare. More...

August 3, 2007
Part of new government innovation fund recipe for disaster
Nurses support many of the initiatives announced yesterday, but fear that pay-for-performance will negatively impact patient care, not enhance it More...

August 2, 2007
Nurses hopeful talks will benefit all parties
Government appointment to deal with Bill 29 positive move forward More...

July 6, 2007
BC Health Coalition News Release: Conversation on Health
British Columbians want better public health care, while the government plans more for-profit, private schemes More...

June 29, 2007
Victoria General RNs outraged that VIHA is going ahead with cuts to IV team
VGH nurses and anesthesiologists warn that tomorrow's cuts will compromise patient safety and jeopardize nurses' ability to meet their professional standards More...

June 28, 2007
Cuts at Campbell River ICU: Nurses demand VIHA action
Imminent loss of 24/7 coverage July 1 could be a disaster for patients during the summer More...

June 11, 2007
BC nurses get national support for drive to stop hallway nursing
Delegates call for a cross-Canada strategy to fight ill-advised schemes by governments and physician groups to get patients out of overcrowded emergency rooms  More...

June 8, 2007
Supreme Court rules BC’s Bill 29 unconstitutional
A landmark charter decision protects bargaining Supreme Court rules. BC government has one year to change law that overrode nurses' unon's contract. More...

June 5, 2007
BC nurses join Canadian and International Nursing Leaders to Discuss Public Health Care, Pandemic Preparedness and the Nursing Shortage
The nursing shortage, public versus private health care, pandemic preparedness and the need for solidarity among nurses worldwide are just some of the issues being discussed as nurses from British Columbia attend the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) biennial convention. More...

May 16, 2007
BC Health Coalition News Release: Friends of Medicare campaign to promote positive, public solutions to province's health care challenges
The BC Health Coalition, along with Canadian Doctors for Medicare, Oxfam and the Council of Canadians, today launched Friends of Medicare, a campaign to protect and improve public health care in B.C. More...

May 4, 2007-Media Advisory
"Sharing our successes, action into practice"
BCNU celebrates nursing week with a major professional conference and radio ad More....

April 25, 2007
For-profit emergency care: Health Coalition demands immediate audit of False Creek Surgical Centre
Letter to health minister calls on government to uphold principle that health care is available to everyone based on medical need, not ability to pay More...

March 20, 2007
Federal budget misses mark on health
Nurses call for a strategy to increase the supply of health care professionals, and national programs for prescription drug insurance, seniors and home care, aboriginal health, public infrastructure, social housing and child care More...

March 15, 2007
Boil water advisory in Squamish - response is unacceptable, nurses say
Food service contractor is no longer providing tea or coffee for long term care residents, while nursing staff are told to bring in or buy their own water More...

February 20, 2007
Budget signals increased instability in health care - Nurses are concerned the failure to fund health authorities beyond next year leaves the future of public health care in question
Nurses are concerned that patients will face continued difficulties accessing quality health care with today's provincial budget, as the government gears up for yet-to-be defined schemes to overhaul our health care system flowing out of its "Conversation on Health". More...

February 2, 2007
Nurses to Minister: not good enough to blame health care problems on the nursing shortage
Requiring nurses to treat patients in hallways and to perform non-nursing duties increases their workload and stress, and undermines efforts to retain them in BC More...

January 25, 2007
Health funding announcement an ominous signal
Nurses fear Victoria is using health authority problems to fuel schemes for cutbacks, user pay through "Conversation on Health" More...