Operational Details to Support
Tiers of Service
A Provincial Approach To Planning Child And Youth Health Services
System planning for children's health services is a major area of focus for Child Health BC and its provincial partners (health authorities, ministries, provincial organizations).
Partnering with clinicians and health-care leaders, British Columbia’s forthcoming Tiers of Service framework will establish a unified understanding and a shared language for describing clinical services. This framework is currently under development to launch by mid-2025. It will enhance service planning for all patients across B.C. hospitals. Learn more about the provincial Tiers of Service framework.
Planning for Children's Health Services
To complement and build on the provincial framework, Child Health BC has additional resources that offer supplementary details focused on children’s health service and system planning in:
• Pediatric Emergency
• Pediatric Critical Care
Collaborative working groups of multi-disciplinary clinicians, health professionals, family representatives and health-system leaders from across B.C. have worked together to create these resources, using the best available provincial data alongside evidence from the literature. These documents are routinely reviewed and updated.
Looking for previous service planning documents? Contact us if you require a historical module for reference until the provincial framework is released.