Sooke Region, West Shore & Urban Greater Victoria

Sooke Region, West Shore & Urban Greater Victoria

From the Parliament steps to the Saanich Peninsula, Metchosin to Mount Douglas, Southern Vancouver Island is the smallest, yet most populated geography that Island Health serves. As such, comprehensive health care and services ranging from obstetrics to geriatrics are available in first-class facilities across the region. Learn more about health care on Southern Vancouver Island.    

News & Events

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Beyond the fridge – nurse publishes son’s art in book for global impact on autism

A lot of proud parents put their children’s artwork on the fridge but Psychiatric Nurse May Sosa turned her son’s drawings into a children’s storybook to help create awareness around autism.

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Improving measles immunization rates to prevent outbreaks

With measles circulating internationally, Island Health is encouraging everyone to ensure their routine immunizations are up to date to lift collective immunization rates this National Immunization Awareness Week (April 22 to 30).

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Island Health Magazine Spring 2024

This issue features a day in the life of a Hospital at Home registered nurse, the empowering effects of programs in virtual care, mental health and substance use programs, and unique approaches to patient care.

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Locations in this Community

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CLINIC - IBD Rapid Access Clinic

RJH IBD Rapid Access Clinic
1952 Bay Street
Victoria, BC V8R 1J8

Tel.: 250-370-8790

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Services offered in this Community

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Accessing Community Health Services
Acquired Brain Injury Program
Adult Day Services
All Nations' Healing Room
Angiography
Anscomb Outpatient Services
Anxiety Disorders Clinic
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessments
Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessments
Bariatric Program
Behavioural & Developmental Difficulties
Bereavement group for MAiD
Bone Mineral Densitometry
Call4Care
Care at Home During End of Life
Care in Hospice, Hospital or Facility
Case Management for Home Care
Child & Youth TeleMental Health Service
Child Care Licensing
Choice in Supports for Independent Living (CSIL)
Cleft Lip/Palate Clinic
Clinical Neurophysiology
Collaborative Spasticity Program
Communicable Disease Prevention & Control
Community Bathing Programs
Community Care Facilities Inspection FAQs
Community Nutrition
Community Virtual Care
Community Virtual Care
Complaints & FAQs
Computed Tomography (CT Scan)
Cystic Fibrosis Services
Dental Program
Diagnostic & Screening Mammography
Discovery Youth & Family Substance Use Services
Early Intervention Program
EIP Equipment Loan
Emotional Support for Breast Cancer
Endoscopy
Eye Health Services
Facility Respite Care
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Fluoroscopy
Forensic Nursing Services
Funding Your Orthotics, Prosthetics or Seating Device
G.R. Pearkes Child Care Services
Group Programs
Health Services for Community Living
Hearing Program
Home Oxygen Program
Home Support Services
Hospice Palliative & End-of-Life Care
Hospital at Home News
Hospital at Home Patient Experience
How To Register with Yakimovich
Indigenous Health Diabetes Nurse Educator
Indigenous Nurse Practitioners
Information for Referring Providers
Inspections Reports
Island Health Youth Clinics
Learn About Child & Youth Rehab Services (CYFH-RS)
Local Prenatal Classes
Mammography Service
Medical Laboratory Services
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
Multiple Sclerosis Clinic
MyHealth Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Neuromuscular Clinic
Neuropsychology Assessments & Help
Neuroscience Inpatient Services
New Vaping Regulations for Retailers
Nuclear Medicine
Nursing Services
Nutrition Services
Orthopedic Clinic
Orthotics & Foot Orthotics
Orthotics, Pedorthics, Prosthetics & Seating Warranties
Orthotics, Prosthetics & Seating
Ostomy Care Services
Outpatient Nutrition Services
Pain Program - Homepage
Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing Clinic
Physiatry Clinics
Physical Recovery from Breast Cancer
Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy
Practical Support for Breast Cancer
Pre-admission Surgery Services
Prevent Alcohol & Risk Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.)
Prevention Speech
Prosthetics Services
Public Health Nutrition
Pulmonary Function Testing
Referrals to Child Youth & Family Mental Health
Residential Care Licensing
Resources for Families
Right From The Start
Risk Assessments in Community Care Facilities & FAQs
SmartParent
South Island Regional Resources for Adults With Disabilities (RRAD)
Supported Child Development
Supported Child Development Contracts
Telehealth
Therapy & Intervention
Tobacco & Vapour Prevention & Control
Tobacco Retailer Information & Forms
Total Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery
Ultrasound
Vancouver Island Children's Assessment Network
Wheelchairs & Seating Services
Withdrawal & Detox Services
Yakimovich Programs and Sessions
Youth Intensive Case Management Team
Youth Tier 5 (YT5) – Mobile Intensive Case Management Team