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Member, Shuswap Lake General Hospital (SLH) Patient & Family Advisory Council

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Commitment: Long-term

Connection method: Virtual

Open to Interior Region

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To provide strategic advice on advancing a person-centred approach to care and services at Shuswap Lake General Hospital. Patient partners will provide feedback that supports senior leaders to make decisions about improvements to care and services.

Meetings are held on a virtually through Microsoft Teams once a month at a day/time determined by the committee members. Inaugural meeting to be held in March 2026.

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
  • 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
  • Participants should be based in the Salmon Arm area.
Patient Partners ARE required to be PVN members to participate in this engagement opportunity.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Jamie Jackson Vernon Jubilee Hospital | Interior Health 250-868-5200 | ext. 70679 Jamie.Jackson@interiorhealth.ca

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