2025-2029 Surrey Financial Plan

HEALTH AND SAFETY SERVICES

Integrated Homelessness Action Response Team

Rapid antigen tests are widely available and free at participating pharmacies. Anyone can ask for a kit without having to show identification. Visitors to pharmacies can also pick up a kit for someone else. Pharmacies will hand out kits one at a time. The BC Pharmacy Association website has a list of participating pharmacies. A primary care provider can order a PCR test for eligible patients through normal diagnostic procedures when using a rapid antigen test is not appropriate or recommended. Individuals who do not have a primary care provider can call Fraser Health Virtual Care (1-800-314-0999). Overdose Outreach Teams ("OOT") work to reduce risk of overdose events and death by working with community partners (housing and service providers, people who use and distribute substances, first responders) by utilizing a harm reduction approach to address the contributing factors leading to overdose events. Addiction Assessment Nurses Addiction Assessment Nurses are specialty nurses embedded within emergency departments that provide immediate access to addiction assessments, medically managed treatment and follow-up care where required. Available at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Overdose Outreach Team

Integrated Homelessness Action Response Teams are multidisciplinary care teams that provide support for sheltered or unsheltered individuals. The team provides trauma informed, culturally safe and recovery-oriented services and support people to receive primary care, mental health care, substance use support, and other community service.

COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centres

Immunization locations include vaccination clinics, pharmacies, public health units and some primary care providers throughout the Fraser Health region. Virtual Care Fraser Health Virtual Care helps people navigate health services in the region. They can talk to a nurse directly via phone or video. The goal is to assist Fraser Health residents to quickly access the information, care or site that is appropriate for them, all from the comfort of their home. 1-800-314-0999, 10 am to 10 pm seven days a week. Outside of these hours, please call 8-1-1.

Register and book appointments for COVID-19 vaccines through the Get

Vaccinated system. Anyone six months of age and older is eligible for the vaccine and parents can register their children and then be notified of when they can get vaccinated.

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