A month after the head of Fraser Health was ousted, the CEO of the Provincial Health Services Authorities has been replaced as several board members are dismissed and a formal ministry review begins.
The New Democrats had promised to review health authority spending and decision-making on the provincial campaign trail in the fall, and on Monday Minister Josie Osborne announced PHSA would be the first to come under the microscope.
Both the health minister and the premier focused on the review rather than the change of leadership in the C-suite and in the boardroom.
Fraser Health board chair, Jim Sinclair, and several other members have “ended their terms”, according to Osborne, as have other board members at PHSA.
“Thank you so much to all the individuals who have served on health authority boards over the past years, welcome (to) the new members,” she said.
The CEO of PHSA, David Byres, was also removed from the post and replaced by Dr. Penny Ballem, who had served as Chair of Vancouver Coastal Health before being tasked with overseeing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, then serving as a special advisor in the premier’s office.
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