October

The BC Children and Youth Review by Ted Hughes addresses many concerns of the BCMA’s Child and Youth Health Committee (CYHC) and the Council of Health Promotion.[1] In some respects, it is a repetition of Thomas J. Gove’s 1995 Inquiry into Child Protection.[2]

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In February of 2007 the BCMJ will host its first CME event—a Caribbean cruise. We undertake this new venture with a certain amount of trepidation, but expect to make some money to help defray our publishing costs and reduce the amount you pay out of your Association dues for the journal that you receive 10 times a year.

The doctors of British Columbia are presently embroiled in yet another confusing round of arbitration and macro- and micro-allocations of contract monies. This is really too bad, and probably unnecessary.

When the doctors voted to accept the government’s offer of a 10.5% fee increase over 4 years, and another 8% to go to targeted programs, I believe most thought that was probably what they were going to get. That is, a 10.5% fee increase over 4 years for all doctors.

I would like to commend the authors of the report Waiting Too Long: Reducing and Better Managing Waiting Times in BC, [BCMA, June 2006] on one of the most comprehensive, well-researched reviews of the waiting time problem in this country and around the world. This is a very important report that must not sit on a shelf.

2006 Agreement news update

The 2006 Agreement ratified by BCMA members represents a significant development in how physicians will be compensated and how they manage their practices and their quality of life.