Victoria hospital’s pediatric clinic to temporarily shut over staffing, workload woes – CBC

Health authority says Urgent Pediatric Assessment Clinic consultations to be handled by emergency department

Aug 22, 2025

An urgent care clinic for children at Victoria General Hospital will shut on Sept. 1 for an unspecified period, with the local health authority citing heavy workload, physician burnout, and problems with retention.

Island Health said in a statement on Thursday that consultations usually performed by the Urgent Pediatric Assessment Clinic would instead be handled by the emergency department.

It said the clinic stopped accepting new referrals on Aug. 15.

A statement Island Health attributed to the hospital’s pediatricians said they had to provide notice of the closure to divert staff “to providing more emergent care.”

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-hospital-s-pediatric-clinic-to-temporarily-shut-over-staffing-workload-woes-1.7615508

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