Ministry of Health approved the University Hospital of Northern B.C. (UHNBC) Acute Care Tower Project (Project) in August 2024. The Project will be delivered via the Alliance Model. The Project includes the design and construction of a new Acute Care Tower (Tower) on the Health Unit Site connected to the existing hospital to accommodate Cardiac, Surgical, and Mental Health Services as well as food services, materiel management, loading, and underground parking.
The Project represents an opportunity to not only replace the aging infrastructure of the existing hospital, but also an opportunity to rethink the delivery of acute health care, particularly in the context of providing tertiary acute care services to a widely dispersed geographic population. Access to care close to home is a strong imperative and driver behind key decisions.
Learning objectives:
- Early learnings implementing the Alliance Model in Northern Health
- Development of Full service Cardiac Services in a Health Authority where Cardiac services does not exist
- Designing for the future on a constrained site:
- Early collaboration between Capital Planning and Clinical Operations: The changing face of care services
- Date:May 16, 2025
- Time:9:15 am
- Event:Responding to the Changing Playbook: Risk Management, Adaptability and Resiliency
