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Hospital Programs executive records
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1974 - 1989 (Creation)
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3.4 m of textual records.
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In 1975 the British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service changed its name to Hospital Programs.
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The British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service was established in 1949. The name changed to Hospital Programs in 1975.
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The series consists of correspondence and other records of the executive director’s office, Hospital Programs, Ministry of Health. The correspondence is between members of the Health Programs executive team (executive director, regional directors, Assistant Deputy Minister, Deputy Minister, and Minister of Health) and regional hospitals or health care facilities in British Columbia. The correspondence documents routine business activities relating to hospital reviews, hospital programs, staffing levels, hospital expansion, hospital expenditures, operating budgets and other financial/funding issues, hospital complaint files, hospital annual reports, and regional hospital district matters. The records were created by the Ministry of Health’s Hospital Programs division and Hospital Insurance Service between 1974-1989. These records were created under the Hospital Act (RSBC 1996, c. 200), Health Act (RSBC 1979, c. 161), and Health District Act (RSBC 1996, c. 202).
The records are arranged alphabetically by hospital or facility name and by ministry file code. They consist of incoming and outgoing executive correspondence, accompanying reports, hospital publications, data and statistics, memoranda, briefing notes, agendas and minutes, and annual reports. The records are covered by the Executive Records schedule (schedule 102906).
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Transferred from the Ministry of Health in 1998.
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These records are subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or other acts and access may be restricted. Please contact the BC Archives to determine the access status of these records.
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Associated materials
Related series include:
GR-2649 Executive records
GR-3950 Minister of Health executive records
GR-2658 Hospital Programs files
GR-3422 Hospital Programs photographs
GR-3994 Hospital Programs records
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Accession number: 90-1832
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- British Columbia. Ministry of Health (1976-2001) (Subject)
- British Columbia. Hospital Programs (Subject)