Regional Treatment Beds Program

Island Health operates or funds substance use treatment beds for adults to support withdrawal management (detox), treatment and supportive recovery. Subsidized treatment beds are available at the following sites:

• Coastal Sage Healing House (Victoria)
• Edgewood Treatment Centre (Nanaimo)
• Cedars (Cobble Hill)

Access to treatment beds  

• Referral from a health care provider is required.
• External health care professionals:
  • Complete an external referral package with the client and fax to 250-519-1896.
    • If you don’t have a fax machine, please contact us at treatmentcentres@islandhealth.ca and we will arrange for a secure file transfer.
• Island Health clinicians: 
  • Please refer to the staff intranet page and use the internal referral package (requires staff login).
• The regional triage committee reviews applications for eligibility and priority. Program staff confirm acceptance or declination with the referring health care professional.

Eligibility

Individuals must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Substance Use Disorder in the moderate to severe range.
• Willing to engage in abstinence-based residential treatment.
• Previously unsuccessful in maintaining abstinence with lower or other levels of care.
• Not experiencing psychotic symptoms, except in the context of intoxication or withdrawal.
• Reside within the Island Health region.