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Earlier this year, the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), supported by the B.C. Ministry of Health, announced more than $2 million in funding to help Lu’ma Medical Centre (Lu’ma) expand Indigenous primary health care services in Greater Vancouver. The funding will be used to recruit additional family physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), registered and licensed practical nurses, a dietitian, social worker, mental health professional and physiotherapist, in addition to Indigenous health-care providers, for First Nations and Indigenous peoples living away from home in urban Vancouver. The services are part of the initial First Nations-led Primary Health Care Initiative announced in B.C. under the government’s Primary Care Strategy, which aims to significantly transform and improve access to primary health care for Indigenous peoples throughout the province by addressing First Nations’ health equity, access and attachment, while honouring traditional practices and teachings. Supporting the expansion of Indigenous primary health care helps to ensure Indigenous peoples are receiving culturally safe care and appropriate access to primary care services, which is just one way the ministry is demonstrating its commitment to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. An estimated 5,000 – 8,000 Indigenous peoples in the Vancouver area do not have a regular primary care physician or nurse practitioner. Many do not have suitable primary care options because of higher levels of social and medical complexity, including mental health and addictions, historical trauma, as well as a fear of racism and discrimination. Instead of receiving primary care through a regular provider, many use walk-in centres and emergency rooms to access services. This funding will expand primary health care services offered at Lu’ma including: • access and attachment to primary care providers (i.e. GPs and NPs) • chronic disease management, sexual health, immunizations and health education programs • traditional healers providing cultural knowledge and teachings summerize
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