Prince George, B.C.- Northern Health is relocating most of its Northern BC-wide support services to the  former  OSI/Synovate building on Third Avenue in downtown Prince George.

 

The move  will bring approximately 160 NH support staff into the downtown core. The new space will soon house NH’s regional support services such as Information Technology, CERNER clinical information system, Materials Management, DocumentSource Centre, and the Northern Health Boardroom.

 

Northern Health is already a major tenant in downtown Prince George, with a number of programs and support services occupying downtown space, including the staff and clinical leads for the Northern Cancer Control Strategy, Primary Care - Care North initiative, and Public Health. 

 

Work has already begun on installing cubicle work spaces with support staff moving in over the next few months.  Renovations are  expected to cost about  $600 thousand dollars, but Communications Diretor for Northern Health, Steve Raper,  says there  will be cost svaings in the long run.  "We will be paying less per square foot of  space  than we are currently paying, so  while I don't have the full  long term numbers ready yet,  I can say  it will be cheaper in the long run."  Raper says the  move  will free up space at PGRH for  clinicians,  and will,  once  all staff are moved,   move staff out of the leased space at  Meadows School into the downtown  core.