We deliver health care across Northern British Columbia (map), serving about 300,000 people, many of whom are Aboriginal. Our services include:
- Acute (hospital) care
- Mental health and addictions
- Public health
- Home and community care
More than 7,000 people work for Northern Health. Our facilities include:
- Over two dozen hospitals
- 14 long term care facilities
- Many public health units
- Many offices providing specialized services
We're divided into three Health Service Delivery Areas (HSDAs):
- Northeast
- Northern Interior
- Northwest
Governance and Administration
We're governed by a ten-member board with representation from throughout the North. The Chair is Dr. Charles Jago.
Our Chief Executive Officer is Cathy Ulrich, and there's a Chief Operating Officer in each of our three HSDAs:
- Northwest: Penny Anguish
- Northern Interior: Michael McMillan
- Northeast: Betty McCracken Morris
Our budget for 2010-2011 was $650.2 million.
Service Delivery
In the 2008-2009 operating year:
- Physicians across Northern Health performed over 35,198 surgeries
- Northern Health welcomed the arrival of more than 3,500 babies across the region
- Facilities across Northern Health provided 539 acute care bed spaces and more than 146,677 (in-patient) overnight stays were recorded
- Northern Health facilities scheduled over 161,807 outpatient visits (including specialty clinics and rehabilitation)
- Northern Health emergency departments received 271,648 visits
- Home support workers provided almost 426,010 hours of assistance to clients
- Home care nurses provided over 52,254 hours of care to individuals at home
- Care facilities across the region provided 1,040 residential care bed spaces