Provincial Health Services Authority

Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is a publicly funded health service provider in the province of British Columbia.

Services are provided either directly through PHSA agencies or through funding or collaboration with regional health authorities.

PHSA operates and manages a number of well-recognized specialized programs/services: The PHSA concentrates on doing three things to meet its responsibilities in health care: Because of its provision of province-wide specialized care, PHSA has repeatedly had the five highest-paid employees (each a physician) in the public health sector listed in annual reviews by the Vancouver Sun newspaper.

[1] David Byres has been president and CEO since February 2021, when Benoit Morin stepped down following a review into allegations of misspending.

[3] The organization’s first president and CEO, Lynda Cranston, resigned after a controversial wage increase for 118 senior managers during a province-wide wage freeze for the public health sector.