News and Events

To achieve significant improvements in BC's health care system performance, strengthening primary health care is critical and nurses are central to this transformation

Additional nurse practitioners and a new strategic approach to primary health care welcomed but Union is left asking where are nurses?

BCNU President Christine Sorensen was joined by the President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Linda Silas, at a rally that saw hundreds of BC's nurses marching through Vancouver streets chanting for an end to violence on the job.

BCNU says decision undermines the important advocacy role nurses play on behalf of their patients

Union concerned that new legislation excludes nurses from list of professions now eligible for consideration for mental health disorders developed on the job

BC Nurses' Union says the province's enactment of regulations prohibiting extra-billing should mean for-profit medical clinics will no longer be able to flout the law and charge patients thousands in illegal fees

Union is cautiously optimistic of government's announcement to reduce surgical wait times

KELOWNA - The BC Nurses' Union (BCNU) and representatives from Interior Health (IH) are pleased to announce funding to pilot new security measures at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) to enhance safety for patients, nurses, and health professionals.

BCNU welcomes today's budgetary focus on making services that British Columbians depend on more accessible and affordable, including health care.

BC Nurses' Union calling for action as flu season puts added pressure on congested ER