Health committee  Yes, thank you. I would like to echo the previous witnesses' recommendations. From a perspective of someone who applies for a research grant, researchers are always asked if they are working with knowledge users and policy-makers to make their research applicable and useful. I

Health committee  I agree with what's been said, but I would also add that, at this stage, the working conditions are so difficult and the moral injuries have been so impactful that it's not just about the funding model. It's also about healing the system and making it available for us so we can d

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Thank you, yes. I just want to add that you can't look at any one of these problems independent of the others. They're balancing measures. It's not just the OR time. Once they're done the operation, they occupy a bed for some days. That's a bed that we can't admit a sick patient

Health committee  Family doctors have a short amount of time to spend with each patient. I think that if patients come in already with a sense of where the issues are and they have self-screened, that can facilitate the conversation with the family doctor. They can hone in on what types of resourc

Health committee  I agree with what's been discussed. I think one issue is the right dose for the right person in the right formulation. We have been using a lot of the infant formulation for older children for convenience. With my immigration background, I think you just have to conserve and us

Health committee  As I've highlighted, I think that access to primary care is key for kids with mild and moderate mental health issues to be able to access community-based care that exists. There are still a lot of navigational difficulties for families to access these cares. There are new models

Health committee  Yes. HEARTSMAP was designed for clinicians, but we also have a self-assessment version for youth and parents now. It essentially addresses 10 different areas of psychosocial wellness, namely the home, education, alcohol/drugs, thoughts/anxiety, etc. The families or the clinicians

Health committee  Good afternoon. I'm a pediatric emergency physician at BC Children's Hospital, and a health services researcher at UBC. My research has a focus on children and youth mental health care access and utilization. We have been observing a consistent 6% to 8% rise in the number of pe