| Vancouver Coastal Health | |
| Map: | VVCH_Service_Area_Map.jpg |
| Mcaption: | VCH service area map |
| Formation: | 2001[1] |
| Type: | British Columbia Health Authority |
| Leader Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Leader Name: | Vivian Eliopoulos[2] |
| Key People: | Bob Chapman, Michelle de Moor, Gail Malenstyn, Darlene MacKinnon, Leslie Bonshor, Charlene Chiang, Fernando Pica, Darcia Pope, Wayne Balshin, Lorraine Blackburn, Dr. Patricia Daly, Yasmin Jetha, Jo-Ann Tait |
| Num Staff: | 29,000 staff and medical staff (approx), 3,000 volunteers (approx), 900 researchers (approx) |
| Budget: | $3.2 billion (CDN) (approx) |
| Website: | www.vch.ca |
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a regional health authority that provides health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictions services in part of Greater Vancouver and the Coast Garibaldi area.
VCH is one of five publicly funded regional healthcare authorities[3] within the Canadian province of British Columbia. The government of British Columbia, through the British Columbia Ministry of Health, sets province-wide goals, standards and performance agreements for health service delivery by the seven health authorities.
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority serves the 1.25million of British Columbia's population of five million (approximately one in four) who live in a geographic area of 58560sqkm that includes 12 municipalities, four regional districts and 14 Aboriginal communities. VCH is geographically divided into three health service delivery areas (HSDA), which in turn are divided into 14 local health areas (LHA).[4]
The following regional districts are partially or entirely covered by VCHA.