2 Patient Partners, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Youth (MNCY) Program Steering Committee

The purpose of the Steering Committee is to provide regional oversight and leadership for planning, implementing, and continuously improving maternal, newborn, child, and youth services across Interior Health. It ensures strategies are family-centred, evidence-informed, and aligned with provincial direction and organizational priorities.
Our hope is that we can also ensure that there is a patient voice also helps to guide the planning, implementation and improvement of MNCY programs.

This is a new committee. Terms of Reference will be available to review during the onboarding process. Meeting frequency is subject to change but is currently set at bi-weekly. Meetings are held virtually.

Level of Engagement

This opportunity is at the level of Collaborate on the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation.

Eligibility

• Willing & comfortable to share health care experiences in a group setting
• Comfort with public speaking
• Previous committee/working group experience
• Have access to technology and the internet to participate in the engagement opportunity
• Comfortable using technology to attend online/virtual meetings
• An interest in improving health care services
• The time to participate in the engagement opportunity
• We would like to ensure that one of the patient voices is a mother so that they can speak to the Maternal piece of the work.

Patient Partners ARE NOT required to be PVN members to participate in this engagement opportunity.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Meagan Harwood Director, Planning and Initiatives, MCNY, IH Perinatal Neonatal Services | Interior Health (250) 868-5200 meagan.harwood@interiorhealth.ca