New province-wide Opioid Treatment Access Line

The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions recently launched a new province-wide Opioid Treatment Access Line to increase access to Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT), and better connect people to regional care and resources for opioid use. People can call the access line (1-833-804-8111) and receive same-day, same-call access to prescription Opioid Agonist Treatment.

A dedicated team at Providence Health Care conducts an initial addiction medicine consultation over the phone and, when medically appropriate, will start callers with an OAT prescription or provide a prescription restart. The team also supports clients to connect to local services and continued access to OAT through a rapid and seamless connection to Health Authority Substance Use Liaison Nurses.The service is confidential, the treatment is covered under BC PharmaCare.