BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre is accredited with Exemplary standing by Accreditation Canada. This is the highest level of accreditation granted to a healthcare organization following an assessment of the quality of its services in the context of nationally accepted standards.

BC Women’s is dedicated to improving quality healthcare through Accreditation Canada’s Qmentum program. The accreditation process is an ongoing continuous quality improvement cycle culminating with a multi-day surveyor visit approximately every four years. Our most recent survey took place in June 2012. We were assessed against national standards comprising of almost 1,500 applicable criteria and met all the required operational practices.

We are committed to ensuring the safety of all our patients and their families, visitors, physicians, and staff. Through this process we demonstrate our commitment to patient safety and delivering continuous quality health care services.