Provincial Health Services Authority

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Provincial Health Services Authority
Formation2001
TypeBritish Columbia Health Authority
CEO
David Byres
Budgetc. $5,028,839,000 in 2023-2024
Staffc. 22,000
Website www.phsa.ca

Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is a publicly funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia. PHSA is unique in Canada as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health services, although within British Columbia the First Nations Health Authority is also non-regional and highly dispersed. The five other health authorities in the province have regional jurisdiction. Services are provided either directly through PHSA agencies or through funding or collaboration with regional health authorities.

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PHSA operates and manages a number of programs and services:

The PHSA concentrates on doing three things to meet its responsibilities in health care:

Management and employees

David Byres has been president and CEO since February 2021, when Benoit Morin stepped down following a review into allegations of misspending. [1] Morin had taken the role in February 2020 after the retirement of his predecessor, Carl Roy, who served as the executive leader of PHSA from January 2014 – February 2020. [2] The organization’s first president and CEO, Lynda Cranston, resigned after a controversial wage increase for 118 senior managers during a province-wide wage freeze for the public health sector. [3]

In October 2013 was recognized with a national top employer honour. [4] In 2015, the Vancouver Sun reported that the five highest-paid public sector employees in British Columbia's health sector were physicians affiliated with the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). This reflects PHSA's role in delivering province-wide specialized health services, which often involve complex care requiring highly trained medical professionals. [5]

References

  1. Gangdev, Srushti (9 February 2021). "B.C. provincial health authority CEO steps down following review into allegations of misspending | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. "PHSA Executive". PHSA. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  3. McElroy, Justin (22 June 2013). "Health authority CEO removed after giving pay hikes to 118 senior managers". Global TV BC. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. "Canada's Top 100 Employers 2014" . Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  5. Skelton, Chad (12 February 2015). "Public sector salaries: Health authority doctors are top earners". Vancouver Sun . Retrieved 1 December 2015.