Provincial Health Services Authority

Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is a publicly-funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia. Other health authorities in the province have a regional jurisdiction. PHSA is unique in Canada as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health services. Services are provided either directly through PHSA agencies or through funding or collaboration with regional health authorities.

Additional recommended knowledge

Essential Laboratory Skills Guide

Safe Weighing Range Ensures Accurate Results

Weighing the right way

PHSA operates and manages a number of well-recognized specialized agencies:

• BC Cancer Agency
• BC Centre for Disease Control
• BC Children's Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
• BC Mental Health & Addictions Services
• BC Renal Agency
• B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre
• PHSA Cardiac Services

PHSA operates with an annual budget of more than C$1 billion and employs more than 10,000 people. President and CEO Lynda Cranston was selected as one of the Top 100 Women in Canada in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Regional health authority partners

• Interior Health
• Fraser Health
• Northern Health
• Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care
• Vancouver Island Health Authority