It is a great pleasure to announce that the Minister has approved Promote, Protect, Prevent: Our Health Begins Here. BC’s Guiding Framework for Public Health(previously the Public Health Plan) and it now posted to the Ministry of Health website: http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/. Please feel free to share this email with your colleagues or anyone you think may have interest. Over the coming weeks we will be working to develop a landing page so the Guiding Framework and Reference Guide (one complete) will have a place to live and link directly off the Ministry homepage.
I would like to take this opportunity extend my sincere appreciation for your participation and contribution throughout this process! This is a huge achievement for public health in BC and I am confident that the Guiding Framework will be a valuable tool to support collaboration and guide public health service delivery and priority-setting over the next decade. I look forward to our continued partnership as we begin the implementation process and I will be in touch with details as soon as we are able.
Thank you again for your continued efforts as and please don’t hesitate to contact me (Arlene.Paton@gov.bc.ca) or Tom (Tom.Gregory@gov.bc.ca) if you have any questions or if you’d like to discuss any aspect of this project.
Sincerely,
Arlene Paton
Assistant Deputy Minister
Population and Public Health
Ministry of Health