The SSC met on February 20, 2025. Due to scheduling conflicts, there was not a quorum of Ministry members. Decisions and meeting were formalized with the Ministry Co-Chair the week of February 24, including:
Allocation of returned ongoing funding within the SSC 2025-26 Workplan and Budget, following consultation with SSC initiative working groups and Consultant Specialists of BC.
Development of criteria and decision-making principles for returned one-time funding, which will be allocated to a provincial contingency fund accessible to SSC initiatives (excluding Facility Engagement) and emergent priorities in 2025-26.
Committee consultation on recommendations for the Physician Leadership Scholarship program.
Committee consultation on beginning the process of standardizing the initiative level Working Group Terms of Reference across SSC, in an effort to strengthen governance and enhance transparency.
On November 7, the Consultant Specialist Team Care All-Team Day of Learning was held in Vancouver, attended by 23 specialists and their teams. The session used networking to identify solutions for challenges facing teams and explored change ideas to improve clinic efficiency and meet patient expectations.
The Perioperative Clinical Action Network (PCAN) Summit 2024 took place on November 18, with 154 participants (47 SPs, 10 FPs). 88% of participants reported increased knowledge of BC surgical strategies.
The Physician Quality Improvement and Spreading Quality Improvement initiatives held a 2-day Regional Team Forum, bringing together over 80 regional staff and physician advisors from across BC.
The implementation of preoperative optimization in British Columbia: a quality improvement initiative was published in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, showcasing the work of the Surgical Patient Optimization Collaborative (SPOC).
Cohort 2 of the Consultant Specialist Team Care (CSTC) Collaborative concluded on Feb 28, culminating in a virtual outcomes congress. 22 CSTC teams presented on their team care models and shared their learnings. A final evaluation report is currently being developed. At the time of the congress, 97% (n=487) of patients indicated that they had experienced an improved experience due to team care, 85% (20/23) of care providers reported improved job satisfaction because of working in a team care model, and specialists demonstrated increased access to specialist care by increasing the number of new consults per clinic day by 31%.
The new SSC Strategic Framework has been finalized, and endorsement was received from SSC members.
