An aerial view of the new location of St. Paul’s Hospital.
Providence Health Care has announced plans for a new St. Paul’s Hospital and health care campus, to be located less than three kilometres away from the current site on Vancouver’s Burrard Street. The new Station Street site will provide new, modern and state-of-the-art treatment for patients who need medical care both inside and outside of an acute care hospital.
Planning for the new hospital and integrated health care campus will include the following key components:
- A new, full-service critical care hospital
- 24/7 primary care services
- Chronic disease management services
- Mental health and addictions beds and programs
- On-site residential care beds and programs
- Ambulatory services and outpatient clinics
- Non-acute medical services
- A low-risk birthing centre
- End-of-life care
- Research and teaching
- Community Care
- Community Outreach Programs
The new hospital will continue as one of British Columbia’s two most specialized hospitals for adults. It will also be at the centre of a network of new and existing dedicated primary care services in the region, including services to support those living in Vancouver’s West End. In addition, as part of the Station Street development, Providence will look at building a number of social housing units to provide affordable housing options for Vancouver residents.
The redevelopment will further strengthen St. Paul’s reputation as a teaching and academic hospital in partnership with the UBC Faculty of Medicine. St. Paul’s is one of the Faculty’s 11 Clincial Academic Campuses in the province.
“UBC and the Faculty of Medicine are pleased to continue partnering with Providence Health in our pursuit of world class research, excellence in health education and excellence in patient care, leading to improved health and health care outcomes for the populations we serve,” said Gavin Stuart, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice Provost Health, UBC.
The Faculty of Medicine’s presence in the hospital includes the James Hogg Research Centre, the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation/James Hogg Research Centre, and portions of the departments of Psychiatry, Surgery, Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Radiology, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Emergency Medicine, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
St. Paul’s Hospital has served patient needs across British Columbia from its location in Vancouver’s West End for over 100 years. Providence is committed to working with the community to develop a comprehensive primary health clinic that will deliver many of the services for seniors and others now available at St. Paul’s.
“The new St. Paul’s and integrated health care centre will be designed in a way that puts the patient at the centre of care,” said Dianne Doyle, President and CEO, Providence Health Care. “When people are patients, they are at one of the most vulnerable points in their life. This redevelopment will strengthen health care to ensure a patient’s care path—from hospital to community to home—will be as seamless as possible by using St. Paul’s range of provincial and community care services.”
When patients come to the new St. Paul’s, there will be a centralized intake process that will determine the care most appropriate for each person—whether that be hospital care, primary, community care or other health care supports. This new integrated intake approach will ensure patients are directed and receive the care they need as quickly as possible.
The plan builds on St. Paul’s current provincial role in areas such as heart, lung, kidney and HIV/AIDS care by developing new centres of excellence in addictions, mental health, aging and seniors’ care.
“Moving ahead with a new St. Paul’s will realize the vision of a single patient-centred acute, primary, ambulatory and community campus of care in one location,” said Mary Ackenhusen, President and CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health. “It will also benefit from VCH’s growing network of integrated primary care centres that support populations such as those living with addictions and mental health, as well as seniors and others requiring care in the community.”
