
We are the South Island Primary Care Society.
The South Island Primary Care Society is a community-driven, not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to primary care across the southern region of Vancouver Island.
Our mission is rooted in a commitment to sustainable, patient-centered healthcare. In just the past 18 months, we’ve successfully transitioned two at-risk clinics into our non-profit model, ensuring they remained open and accessible to the communities they serve. We've also launched a brand-new clinic and have begun the development of a fourth location to further expand our impact.
Our work is guided by a collaborative board of physicians and community members, along with an executive director. Our growing medical teams include physicians, nurses, mental health consultants, medical office assistants, and clinic managers—working together to deliver comprehensive, compassionate care.
We believe that access to primary care is a cornerstone of a healthy community, and we are proud to play a role in strengthening and expanding healthcare across the South Island.
Our Strategic Plan
Over the next 5 years, the society’s strategic plan includes:
Developing a framework for converting existing private practice clinics to society-operated non-profit clinics
Facilitating the transition of two existing West Shore clinics that have expressed interest in becoming not-for-profit clinics operated by our organization
Designing a tailored recruitment strategy for Primary Care Practitioners specific to the West Shore region
Initiating new capital projects aimed at expanding Primary Care capacity to accommodate the projected population growth in the region. This includes collaborating with other local organizations with similar goals, as well as exploring partnerships with municipal governments and other public and private sector organizations.
Our Mission
Promote the health of the public at large in the Greater Victoria area of British Columbia, by:
establishing and operating community-based primary care clinics and
entering into contracts with primary care practitioners to provide services to prevent or relieve physical and mental health conditions at low or no cost to the public.
Advance education among primary health care providers in the Greater Victoria area by conducting research on health care service delivery and providing seminars and workshops on establishing and operating health clinics, innovations in primary health care delivery, and related matters.
Promote public health by contributing to the development of government policies relating to the provision of and access to primary public health care services.
Do all other things incidental and ancillary to the attainment of the Society’s primary mission deliverables as outlined above.