The announcement includes four new recovery sites with after care services in communities around B.C.
Budget 2023 sets out more than $1 billion in new funding over the next three years for mental health and addiction services. It$586 million for 195 treatment and recovery beds throughout B.C. Of those, 100 will be at no cost to British Columbians.
“We’ve got private beds for those that can afford to pay, then we’ve got the public beds charging up to $45 a day. And then apparently these new ones are going to be free. And how do you decide which ones you’re going to be lucky or unlucky enough to receive?”Article content “Our goal obviously is to shrink those wait times, in some cases to zero, because when people have that moment of clarity with a serious mental health or addiction issue, they want help. They need it right away,” he said.across the province, though Eby did not say how much would be set aside for that.
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