Jan
27
By Shelley Gurvey, CCHC Manager
Thanks to all who joined us for our Open House Nov 27th at our new Co-op Community Health Centre (CCHC) in James Bay! The event was a resounding success with lots of great conversation and donations for our silent auction. Our CCHC continues to explore ways in which we can expand our services and programming in the New Year for the benefit of our community.
In January 2011, Dr. Mark Sherman will be holding another MSP funded Creating Inner Peace course for people in the community challenged by stress, anxiety and depression. The 8-week course focuses on mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioral strategies. Please contact the CCHC for more info and to register. Please, watch our website and the bulletin board in the CCHC for details of more CCHC education and health promotion programming in the coming months.
Our health centre staff and practitioners are always looking for ways to reduce wait times for appointments and to provide the best and most timely care for our community of registered patients. Our aim is to provide a same-day appointment with one of our physicians or nurse practitioner for any child patient who is unwell.
In addition, we are aiming to provide an appointment within 24 hours for any patient with an urgent health issue. As the New Year unfolds, we look forward to providing advanced access for all of our patients' concerns.
Our allied and complementary and alternative health care practitioners (CAM) are now accepting patients and clients! Our CCHC team includes fee-for-service practitioners in Homeopathy, Mental Health Counseling, Psychotherapy, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Osteopathy, Energy Medicine, and Structural Integration Therapy, in addition to our MSP-funded midwife, physicians and nurse practitioner. Our team supports the optimization of your physical and emotional wellness. Make your appointment today with a CAM by calling the CCHC at 250-388-6811 press 8.
As a service to those in our community without a primary care practitioner, the Co-op Community Health Centre staff will be accepting a limited number of patients in the New Year. If you or someone you know has lost their primary care provider when a practice closed, or has not been able to find a primary care provider since moving to Victoria, please contact the Health Centre Manager, Shelley Gurvey, to apply.
The Victoria Community Health Co-op is always looking for new members to become involved in bringing the best in integrative primary health care to people in our community. Anyone can join and become involved in Victoria's first publicly funded, community controlled health co-operative. For more information on joining and on the benefits of membership, please contact us at info@victoriahealthcooperative.ca or check out the website at .