About SWITCH BC
SWITCH BC is a provincial occupational health and safety (OHS) organization that supports health care workers, physicians, and employers. We take a collaborative, provincewide approach to workplace health, safety, and wellbeing.
Our unique Board includes health unions, employers, physicians, the Ministry of Health, and WorkSafeBC. They make consensus decisions. This ensures our programs reflect worker input, government support, regulatory compliance, and employer commitment from development through implementation.
We know there are excellent existing health and safety programs and work underway, but they are not necessarily available to everyone. SWITCH BC programs and resources will be provincewide and system-wide.
At SWITCH BC, we believe everyone working in healthcare has the right to be safe, healthy, and thrive on the job, and to return home safely to family and friends. That belief drives our work: Caring for the people who care for us.
History of SWITCH BC
The groundwork for SWITCH BC was established in 2019 in the Recommendation Report: New Occupational Health and Safety Organization. The report detailed SWITCH BC’s governance structure and key priorities for collaborative work in occupational health and safety in healthcare. It reflected Memorandum of Agreements across different collective agreements (Ambulance Paramedics and Ambulance Dispatchers Bargaining Association, Community Bargaining Association, Facilities Bargaining Association, Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association, Nurses’ Bargaining Association, and Resident Doctors of BC), and the Physician Master Agreement.
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