VICTORIA — British Columbia's Provincial Health Services Authority must"do better," the auditor general said, after his office found it was not consistently providing services to Indigenous inmates with mental health and addictions diagnoses.
The audit found gaps in monitoring and oversight of access to care, due in part to limitations in the provincial authority's health information system. The audit found 93 per cent of clients whose files it reviewed were screened within two days of entering the correctional system, and 63 per cent received services for all or some of their needs within 72 hours, while nine per cent declined help.
It was concerning to find the authority was not reviewing Indigenous client files nearly as often as required by their own policies, Pickup added. The audit found just seven per cent of the files had complete discharge plans, although there had been some planning for a little over half of those. Pickup underscored the importance of providing a"continuum" of care in minimizing health risks, from initial screening to planning for discharge.
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