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Questions or Feedback?

Please contact co-chairs Dr. Sunita Goel and Dr. Kishor Singh for BCPC-related questions and concerns.

BCPC Monthly Town Hall

The BCPC hosts monthly town hall meetings on priority issues for community physicians. BCPC events also serve as a community forum where participants can come together to discuss all aspects of primary care.

BCPC Town Hall events are currently held virtually. If you would like to be added to the meeting distribution list, please click here. All meetings are held at 1730 hours to 1830 hours unless otherwise indicated.

Resources and links emerging from the BCPC Town Hall events are posted below.

2022 BCPC Town Hall Meeting Schedule

BCPC Annual General Meeting – September 15, 2022

BCPC Communications

BCPC Monthly Newsletter

2024 Newsletters:

2023 Newsletters:

2022 Newsletters:

Resources and Updates

Find links to the latest local updates here.

Fall/Winter Respiratory Preparedness (2023)

Diabetes Education Program

Cancer Screening Resources: Preventative Care Education Sessions

  • February 23, 2023
    • Focus: Screening Activity Report (SAR) Overview and Demonstration, Other resources (MainPro+ audit, cancer screening blog, dashboard, etc.)
  • March 2, 2023
    • Focus: EMR data standards and Telus PS Prev care tool

Memo from OH West: Supports for a Challenging Fall Season (November 3, 2022)

Gender Affirming Care Community of Practice on Quorum (November 2022)

Memo from OH West: Expanded Access to Evusheld

Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation Education (November 2022)

Walk to the Lighthouse for Mental Health & Addictions (October 1, 2022)

BCPC Annual General Meeting – BOHT Physician Engagement (September 15, 2022)

COVID-19 Update from the Health Care Advisory Roundtable (September 13, 2022)

Joseph Brant Hospital Concussion Clinic (August 5, 2022)

JBH Memo on GE Contrast Shortage (June 28, 2022)

NEW RESOURCE: Cancer screening tools for primary care providers (June 23, 2022)

Memo – Infant Formula Shortage, Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (June 21, 2022)

“Axe the Fax” Presentation to BCPC (June 16, 2022)

Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Regional Cancer Screening Program

Public Health Updates for Halton Physicians: Supporting your patients during Canada’s opioid overdose crisis

Q & A for Monkey Pox – Ontario Ministry of Health (May 28, 2022)

Formula Shortage – Memo and Sick Kids Algorithm

Refugee HealthLine (May 11, 2022)

Severe Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Origin in Children

Publicly-Funded Physiotherapy Programs in Burlington (April 21, 2022)

Ukrainians Fleeing War: Early Assessment Considerations for Primary Care Providers (April 6, 2022)

Preventative Care Resources (March 24, 2022)

Mental Health Resources (February 17, 2022)

Ontario Palliative Care Network – Palliative Care Resources to Support Frontline Providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic (February 9, 2022)

Paxlovid – New Eligibility and Access to Outpatient Therapies for COVID-19 (Halton Region)

New Eligibility and Access to Outpatient Therapies for COVID-19 (Halton Region)

Toolkit: Access to COVID-19 Antiviral Treatment (Paxlovid)

Ontario College of Family Physicians

  • The Lifting of COVID Measures in Ontario: Implications for Primary Care (March 15, 2022)

    • Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Cancer Screening Program

    Access to Outpatient Therapies

    CPSO – COVID-19 FAQs for Physicians

    Practice guidance based on:

    • Announcement of Ministry of Health Directive # 2
    • Pandemic-related practice issues such as: medical exemption requests, patient masking, COVID-testing follow-up, physician safety, prescribing, professionalism and complaints

    OMA – Preparing to Resume In-Person Care

    Checklist to prepare for the resumption of in-person care:

    • Patient scheduling recommendations to minimize #s in office
    • Engineering & environmental recommendations
    • Administrative controls
    • PPE
    • Occupational Health and Safety
    • Physician Wellness

    Science Table – Clinical Practice Guidelines Update

    Recommendations for therapeutic management of adult patients with COVID-19.

    eHealth Ontario – PPE Access and Bulk Ordering

    Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and testing supplies are now available for order through the provincial site. 

    Centre for Effective Practice – Mental Health and Addictions

    Navigate through patient care in a world where COVID-19 is the “new normal.” Use these resources to provide day-to-day care in a familiar but different environment.