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Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre celebrates 15 years of supporting parents and caregivers across BC
Since opening in 2008, the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre has supported 24,000 individuals across B.C.
Putting B.C. at the forefront for excellence in providing pediatric pain care
BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre received international designation as a ChildKind certified hospital this year. They also received a PHSA+ Award for their efforts in making this prestigious achievement happen.
Being ‘an everyday hero’
Mark Ramsey is program manager for the T7 Medical Inpatients and Vascular Access Team at BC Children’s Hospital. Mark won a PHSA+ Award for exemplifying PHSA's values through his leadership and compassion.
BC Children’s launches “Sunny Bear” chat bot
BC Children’s Hospital has created a chat bot on its website this fall to help support families who have general questions about respiratory season and our hospital’s services.
Back-to-School Wellness Toolkit
As children, teenagers and families across BC adapt to their back-to-school routine, BC Children’s Hospital has prepared a ‘wellness toolkit’ for the transition.
BC Children’s Hospital celebrates over 5,000 interactions between patients, families and their furriest volunteers
BC Children’s Hospital is celebrating a pawsome milestone of furry interactions between their therapy pets and patients and families accessing care.
Updated Breathr app brings free mindfulness practices to staff, youth, parents and caregivers
The free Breathr 3.0 app offers a variety of simple mindfulness practices and guided meditations that can be used anywhere, anytime to support your mental health and well-being.
Doctors urge window safety to protect children from falls
BC Children’s Hospital physicians ask parents and caregivers to ensure windows are safe to open as temperatures rise.
BC Children’s Hospital sounds alarm about youth playing with fire
Physicians are seeing an increase in the severity of burns at the hospital and are warning parents and youth to talk about how playing with fire can cause life-changing injuries or death.
Designing a brand new clinical program for children with health complexity
From February to April 2023, 25 people from different health-care backgrounds came together to begin developing a new set of services for children and youth living with health complexity.