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NDP, Conservatives pitch dozens of Urgent Primary Care Centres as healthcare solution
Both parties say the centres will ease emergency room pressure and expand primary care, with the NDP promising about 20 and Conservatives 11.
- On Monday, Oct. 19, David Eby promised a new Urgent and Primary Care Centre for Oliver in the South Okanagan, one of 20 that the NDP have announced across British Columbia since Oct. 12.
- The Conservatives announced their own promise of 11 UPCCs the same day, claiming the NDP approach to healthcare fails by burying doctors and nurses in red tape instead of letting them treat patients.
- Eby pointed to the model itself as something that would attract doctors, noting that graduating professionals "don't want to run their own businesses" and prefer working through Health Authority-run clinics.
- The NDP issued a rebuttal claiming the Conservative promise of 11 UPCCs was not part of their costed platform and cited a Conservative MLA who previously questioned whether UPCCs deliver value to communities.
- Oliver has been grappling with emergency room closures, though a timeline for the new UPCC remains unclear; Eby said arrival depends on what model the community chooses and whether a new building is needed.
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