Article on SOS Division medication wastage study published in BC Medical Journal

As part of their work on the Residential Care Initiative, South Okanagan Similkameen Division doctors began undertaking meaningful medication reviews in local facilities. The resulting changes to patients’ prescriptions caused an increase in the number of medications being returned to pharmacies for disposal—an issue physicians soon realized could be solved by a simple policy change impacting how medications are ordered during the prescribing process.

After Hours Care program pilot is evolving

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FPSC has announced that the After Hours Care program pilot, initially set to end March 19, 2024, is transitioning to an ongoing program and expanding to a new region, providing certainty to participating family physicians, nurse practitioners, and their patients.

Encompass Pregnancy Care Cranbrook welcomes local midwives to the pregnancy care team

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Maternity physicians and midwives will work collaboratively at the EPCC to provide comprehensive, high-quality, and personalized perinatal care. 


Encompass Pregnancy Care Cranbrook (EPCC) has welcomed two local registered midwives into its clinic, strengthening support for maternity patients throughout their pregnancy and post-partum journey.

New pilot program offers after hours care for attached patients of family doctors and nurse practitioners in four BC regions

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Today FPSC launched a pilot program in partnership with HealthLink BC to provide after hours care for attached patients of family physicians and nurse practitioners in the Langley, South Island, South Okanagan Similkameen, Thompson Region, and Victoria divisions of family practice.

Divisions Dispatch - Updates to summer schedule

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We have a revised summer schedule for Dispatch. Instead of publishing on Tues July 25 and Tues Aug 9, we will publish on Wed Aug 2.

Content for that issue is due Wed Jul 26. The next issue will be published on Aug 22 with a content deadline of Aug 14. To summarize, our summer publication schedule is:

  • Tue, Jul 11
  • Wed, Aug 2 [content deadline: Jul 26]
  • Tue, Aug 22 [content deadline: Aug 14]
  • Wed, Sep 6 [content deadline: Aug 28]

New web portal for easy access to divisions logos

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We've created a new web portal providing quick, easy access to logo files for the 35 divisions of family practice and the 13 Rural and Remote Division chapters.

Visit the logo portal to view and download your division's files, including PNG (everyday use) and EPS (high-resolution/ large format printing) versions of the traditional and reverse-colour logos. 

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