Health and Wellness

• Health and Seniors’ Information Line
  In Victoria, call 250 952 1742
  Elsewhere in BC, call toll-free 1 800 465 4911
  
  
• Dial-a-Dietitian
  In Greater Vancouver call, 604 732 9191
  Elsewhere in BC, call toll-free 1 800 667 3438
  www.dialadietition.org
  
  
• BC NurseLine
  Registered Nurse 24 hour a day
  Pharmacist from 5 pm to 9 am every day
  In Greater Vancouver call, 604 215 4700
  Elsewhere in BC, call toll-free 1 800 215 4700
  (Hearing Disabilities dial 711)
  
  
• Disability Benefits
  
  
• Medical only Benefits (MSP)
  Rates:
  Single $60.50
  Couple $109.00
  Family $121.00
  www.health.gov.bc.ca
  or 1 800 663 7100
  
  
• BC Ministry of Health
  Seniors Information Line for health services
  www.gov.bc.ca/healthservices or 1 800 465 4911
  
  
• BC Parking Permit Program – SPARC
  www.sparc.bc.ca or 604 718 7744
  
  
• Hardship Assistance
  
  
• Leisure Access Cards
  for those on income assistance -available at Income Assistance Offices and Rec Centres
  
  
• Pharmacare
  
  
• Income tax assistance clinics