Program: Right From the Start

Program: Right From the Start

Resource Number: 20788323
Alternate name: Prenatal Registration

Description
Provides support for pregnant women and new moms, their babies, children and families. Created by women, for women, the program is offered by public health nurses who will work in partnership with patients. Nurses are available by phone or in-person at Island Health public health units across the region.

Services include prenatal information, postpartum physical and emotional support, breastfeeding support, family and community health referrals, child health clinics and immunizations starting at two months of age, and access to Baby's Best Chance handbook.

Program Phones:
250-728-3312		Business Line

Website: www.islandhealth.ca/our-services/pregnancy-birth-services/right-start

Location information

Sites offering this program

+ Bamfield Health Centre ->
+ Campbell River Health Unit
+ Comox Valley Health Unit
+ Duncan Margaret Moss Health Unit
+ Esquimalt Health Unit
+ Gold River Health Centre
+ Kyuquot Health Centre
+ Ladysmith Community Health Centre
+ Lake Cowichan Kaatza Health Unit
+ Nanaimo Health Unit
+ Peninsula Health Unit
+ Port Alberni Health Unit
+ Port Hardy Health Unit
+ Port McNeill Health Unit
+ Saanich Health Unit
+ Salt Spring Island Health Unit
+ Sooke Health Unit
+ Tahsis Health Centre
+ Tofino and Ucluelet Public Health Unit
+ Victoria Health Unit
+ West Shore Health Unit
+ Zeballos Health Centre

Bamfield Health Centre

Location:

353 Bamfield Road

Bamfield, BC V0R 1B0 (Map)

Site Phones:
250-728-3312		Business Line

Hours of operation

ProgramAtSite Hours:
Open: Closed:	Mon 09:00 17:00	Tue 09:00 17:00	Wed 09:00 17:00	Thu 09:00 17:00	Fri 09:00 17:00

Mailing Address:

PO Box 40, Bamfield, BC V0R 1B0

Program Delivery



Languages:	English
Application Process:	See website to register online or for a downloadable form. Forms are also available from family doctors, midwives, or any Island Health Public Health Unit. Completed forms can be faxed, or dropped off at any Island Health Public Health Unit.

Defined coverage area(s), for the Program offered at selected Site:
BC	-Alberni-Clayoquot Region	-Bamfield

Custom fields
Disabilities Access?	Yes
Service Delivery Method	In Person

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