Audit Reveals "Lack of Direction" For IH Surgical Services

Starlee Speers Astral Media Radio (Vernon)

The BC Auditor General calls the delivery of surgical services within the Interior Health authority a "work in progress." John Doyle says he expected to find a comprehensive framework for surgical services, effective services management and performance reports from his review. He says what was found was a lack of clear direction, and a lack of intergrated human resource planning and defined roles and accountabilities. The Auditor Generals report released Friday makes twelve recommendations for improvement including assessing the methods used to schedule surgery times and report to the public their performance of delivering surgical services. The report says Interior Health has accepted all of the recommendations and has already implemented some of them.

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Interior Health Authority Working to Improve Surgical Services
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