Provincial Health Services Authority (British Columbia)

Provincial Health Services Authority

PHSA serves the entire province
Formation	2001
Type	British Columbia Health Authority
CEO	Carl Roy
Budget	$2.78 billion (approx) in 2014-15
Staff	18,000 (approx)
Website	www.phsa.ca

Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is a publicly funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia. Other health authorities in the province have a regional jurisdiction. PHSA is unique in Canada as the only health authority having a province-wide mandate for specialized health services. Services are provided either directly through PHSA agencies or through funding or collaboration with regional health authorities.

PHSA operates and manages a number of well-recognized specialized agencies:

The PHSA concentrates on doing three things to meet its responsibilities in health care:

Because of its provision of province-wide specialized care, PHSA has repeatedly had the five highest-paid employees (each a physician) in the public health sector listed in annual reviews by the Vancouver Sun newspaper.

President and CEO Carl Roy was named in January 2014 to lead the executive team. The position became available after PHSA's first President and CEO Lynda Cranston resigned after a controversial wage increase for 118 senior managers during a province-wide wage freeze for the public health sector.

PHSA has been consistently named a top employer in Canada, and in October 2013 was again recognized with a national top employer honour.

Other health authorities in British Columbia