Volume 2022.15 – Introducing SWITCH BC

Introducing SWITCH BC

We have a new partner to further support the health, safety, and wellbeing of everyone working in healthcare – SWITCH BC.

SWITCH BC is committed to supporting a provincial and system-wide approach to health, safety, and wellbeing so that everyone who works in healthcare in B.C.  can show up each day and do their best work knowing the system is caring for the people who care for us.

SWITCH BC which stands for Safety, Wellbeing, Innovation, Training and Collaboration in Healthcare is an independent, provincial non-profit. Its role is to lead and support provincial, systemic improvements in healthcare workplaces. SWITCH BC’s governance model is unique in B.C. and in Canada with representatives of unions, employers, physicians, Ministry of Health, and WorkSafeBC on its board of directors, making consensus decisions to support positive change in healthcare workplaces.

Originally incorporated as the BC Health Care Occupational Health and Safety Society, SWITCH BC is the working name for the organization.

Our CEO, Karen Biggs, serves on SWITCH BC’s Board of Directors, representing affiliates across the province.

SWITCH BC has just launched its website www.switchbc.ca and created an animated video About us for a quick overview of their work. SWITCH BC would love to hear from you and get your ideas and suggestions to support health, safety, and wellbeing in your workplace! Please watch, health care teams who explain what challenges they are facing, how to better support the sector and what they love about their work YouTube.

You can also stay connected to SWITCH BC on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

Jeanette Lee, Director, Human Resources