News & Announcements

BC PEWS Virtual Education Sessions 2024

This refresh session is for nurses and physicians who use BC PEWS in either an inpatient setting or an emergency department in BC. The sessions will cover a review of the components of BC PEWS, an opportunity to practice calculating a PEWS score...

Debriefing After Restraint

Child Health BC (CHBC) is pleased to announce a new webinar in their Pediatric Mental Health Education Series. On June 28th at 12:00 - 1:00pm PST, CHBC will host a webinar on “Debriefing After Restraint”. The session is directed to health care...

Gender Affirming Care in Children and Adolescents

Child Health BC (CHBC) is pleased to announce the fourth webinar in their Urgent Care Webinar Series . On April 6th at 1:00 -2:00pm PST, CHBC will host a webinar on “Gender Affirming Care in Children and Adolescents”. This webinar will be of...

National Child Day 2022

Child Health BC celebrates National Child Day on November 20, which recognizes Canada’s commitment to upholding the rights of children. Child Health BC also recognizes the unique rights of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children – honouring the past...

Pediatric Urgent Care Virtual Education Series: Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behaviours In Children And Adolescents

Child Health BC (CHBC) is pleased to announce the third webinar in their Urgent Care Webinar Series . On October 25th at 10:30-11:30am PST, CHBC will host a webinar on “Non-suicidal self-injurious behaviours in children and adolescents”. This webinar...

Pediatric Mental Health Education Webinars

Child Health BC is pleased to announce the launch of foundational Pediatric Mental Health Education webinars to support acute care providers in their care of children and youth who present to hospital with mental health and/or substance use...

Taking a step in support of BC Children’s Hospital

As the only hospital in BC and the Yukon devoted exclusively to children, almost one million kids count on BC Children’s Hospital for specialized care they often can’t receive anywhere else. While amazing progress has been made in improving children...

The Child Health BC Pediatric Least Restraint Guideline for use in emergent/urgent care and inpatient settings has been updated!

We are happy to share with you the updated Child Health BC Pediatric Least Restraint Guideline for use in emergent/urgent care and inpatient settings. The updated Least Restraint guideline has been endorsed by the provincial Child Health BC Steering...

Appetite to Play was named a BC Quality Awards Winner for 2021 in the category of Optimizing the Early Years

Category: Optimizing the Early Years Year: 2021 Ranking: Winner Through the work of researchers and key collaborators, Child Health BC recognized concern regarding children’s decreasing physical activity levels, decreasing fruit and vegetable intake...

Feelings First Update: see what is new with the Social and Emotional Development initiative

Feelings First: a public health initiative to promote social and emotional development in early childhood. In the early years (ages 0 to 5 years), a child’s social and emotional health is every bit as important as their physical health. It impacts...