We are very pleased to announce that a Nurse Practitioner (NP) has been hired and will be starting on Thetis in late February 2023. More detailed information will follow, but for now here are two parts of that care we are able to share with the Thetis Community.
Any Thetis Islander who has registered for a Primary Care Provider and has not yet found or been assigned to a Doctor or NP, will be attached to the new NP as their Primary Care Provider and will be contacted. This group will be the first Thetis Islanders to have on-island primary care services.
For those who do not have a family doctor or NP, here is the link for registration: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-connect-registry#getdoctorornp
The Nurse Practitioner will be available to their Thetis Island patients two days a week. To start, one of those days will be in-office appointments at the Forbes Hall Care Station, with the second day as Virtual Care. Note: For the in-office day, there will also be limited same-day appointments (booked via phone - number to come later) for patients with emergent or urgent care needs, whether the NP is their Primary Care Provider or not.
This service is the result of both the commitment to include the Care Station in the design of the recent Forbes Hall Expansion and a dedicated group of volunteers working on this for over a year and a half.
We are thrilled to share this with you all and will continue to update the community as we finalize this long-awaited Medical Service for Thetis Island.
Forbes Hall Health Services Group
Shirley Burr, Jeannine Caldbeck, Ann Dickie, Kathleen McGarvey, David Reay & Michelle Sutter
