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Next steps for the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions

Recommendation 11: Immediately commit to establishing an effective substance use system of care and involving families in all stages of development and planning. This includes family involvement in the new Overdose Emergency Response Centre (OERC), as promised at the OERC announcement on December 1st, 2017.


Next steps for the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions

Recommendation 12: Endorse the creation of a provincially-recognized best practices process outlining how to involve families affected by substance use disorders, and addressing privacy/confidentiality issues through the provincial expansion of policies like Vancouver Coastal Health’s Family Involvement Policy.


Next steps for the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions

Recommendation 13: Utilize BCCSU resources and other relevant tools to establish family support groups across the province.


Next steps for the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions

Recommendation 14: Involve families in developing messaging for provincial public awareness and anti-stigma campaigns regarding addiction and overdose prevention/response, to be rolled out across the province immediately.


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Recommendation 15: Create and regularly update an online resource where families in BC can find information on addiction treatment and related substance use services, navigating the addiction system, self-care, advocacy, and support through personal stories.


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Recommendation 16: Create a support handbook for families who have lost loved ones to substance use-related harms such as overdose, in partnership with the BC Coroners Service and the BC Bereavement Helpline.


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Recommendation 17: Revise the Coping Kit, a support handbook for families struggling with addiction, and create two condensed versions in partnership with From Grief to Action and the Canadian Mental Health Association – BC.


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