Overdose Outreach Team - Sunshine Coast

Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health

The Overdose Outreach Team connects people who have recently experienced an opioid overdose and/or who are at high risk for opioid overdose to support.
This team assists with navigation to appropriate services, supports access to substance use stabilization and treatment services, supports with engagement and retention in services. Offers harm-reduction supplies including naloxone and overdose prevention education.

Service Includes:

  • Navigation to appropriate services (mental health and substance use programs such as counselling, ACCM, etc.)
  • Support to access Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) (e.g., methadone, suboxone etc.)
  • Complex care coordination and planning for clients with barriers to engagement and retention in services
  • Provision and access to harm-reduction supplies
  • Overdose prevention education
  • Treatment application support

  • Contact us at (604) 885-6101 at the Sunshine Coast OAT Clinic to learn if this service is right for you, for more information or to make a referral.

    604-885-8678

    Website: https://www.vch.ca/en/location...

    Service is available in English.

    Cost: No cost

    Referral options:

    • Health professional referral
    • Physician or nurse practitioner referral
    • Self-referral
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    Availability

    Service area: Gibsons, Sechelt + show cities

    Service area cities: Gibsons and Sechelt

    Service Types Provided
    Addictions / Substance Use
    Healthcare Providers
    Ways to Access
    • Provided 1:1 in-person

    The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.

    Pathways does not provide medical advice. If you have an emergency please call 9-1-1. If you require assistance navigating services please call 8-1-1.

    For general inquiries or for assistance, please email us:

    community-services@pathwaysbc.ca

    If you are requesting clinical access to medical Pathways, please provide the following information via the email above:

    1. First Name
    2. Last Name
    3. Email
    4. In which city/town do you work?
    5. What is your role? E.g. Family Physician, Office Staff, Medical Resident
    6. Employer Name (for office staff)
    7. Office Phone

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