Healthcare
Camille is the founder of BC Health Care Matters, recognized by media as BC’s highest profile patient advocacy group. Camille recognizes the broader issues affecting thousands without a family doctor and those unable to access timely care. She has taken action, becoming a voice for many communities. She is on the frontline of the battle to fix and improve our failing healthcare system. In 2023 she was bestowed the “Excellence in Health Promotion Award” by Doctors of BC, for her extraordinary work on meaningful initiatives that make BC a healthier, safer place to live.
Camille Currie is deeply committed to addressing the healthcare crisis facing British Columbians. She understands the urgent need for accessible, efficient healthcare services. Camille believes in advocating for increased funding to support healthcare infrastructure and personnel, ensuring timely access to essential treatments and services for all residents. Her approach emphasizes transparency, accountability, and collaboration with healthcare professionals and community stakeholders to implement sustainable solutions that prioritize the well-being of individuals and families across our province. Camille Currie is dedicated to leading meaningful reforms that improve healthcare outcomes and uphold the dignity and rights of patients in Esquimalt-Colwood and beyond.
Solutions Advocate: Camille Currie's Leadership in Healthcare Reform
Enable Physician Assistants (PAs) to work in all BC Healthcare settings from primary care to surgical care.
Camille has called for an audit of the spending allocation of the Ministry of Health. We spend significantly more on administrative and executive costs rather than care compared to other comparable jurisdictions.
Address the underlying causes of unmet needs among union nurses that contribute to the proliferation of nurse privatization through nursing agencies
Audit to assess the efficacy of Urgent Primary Care Centers.
Create a healthcare system focused on wellness, the prevention of illness, and reduction of the need for chronic and acute care.
Support an integrated, multidisciplinary healthcare system in which the workload of doctors is reduced by enabling other regulated healthcare professionals to provide appropriate services.
Expedite the process for establishing Community Health Centres, and reduce barriers.
