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Our values guide how we support each other, the people who need care and a workplace where everyone is working to deliver an exceptional care experience for all.

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We Care for Everyone: We beli​eve that being caring is at the heart of ​​what we do, caring for our patients, their ​families, our colleagues and ​oursel​​​​ves.

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We are Always Learning: We believe in staying curious, always open to innovative ideas and ways to improv​e health care.

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We Strive for Better Results: ​We believe in achieving better results ​across all functions of health care leading to better patient ​outcomes and improving health care.​

Our four pillars guide our commitment to delivering safe, quality care through an equity-led, intersectional approach to caring for people.

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Indigenous Cultural Safety

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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Anti-Racism

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Planetary Health

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Who we serve

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is one of five regional health authorities in British Columbia working in partnership with the Ministry of Health to provide high quality, health care services and supports to 1.25 million people within our region.

Accountability

We believe that consistent monitoring and publicly reporting how our health system is performing helps provide the best care to meet your needs.

Strategic priorities

VCH works collaboratively with the Ministry of Health and other health authority partners to advance our shared goal of a more integrated health-care system to improve the health and health outcomes of people.