December 16, 2025
RED FM News Desk
Surrey City Council authorized staff on Monday to enter negotiations with Total Life Care Granville Medical (TLC) for the development and operation of the city’s first two City-supported medical clinics. This significant action marks a major step in the Community Medical Clinics Initiative, designed to immediately boost residents’ access to family doctors and primary care services.
Mayor Brenda Locke emphasized the urgency of the situation, noting the difficulty residents have faced in securing healthcare access.
“B.C.’s shortage of family doctors has hit Surrey especially hard, leaving residents waiting far too long for care,” Mayor Locke said. “We’re moving quickly to provide real solutions for our community. By working with TLC to open new clinics, we’re bringing care closer to home and giving residents the health care options they deserve.”
Total Life Care Granville Medical is a B.C.-based primary care network already operating two clinics in Surrey, providing the necessary local experience to address community health needs effectively.
If negotiations are finalized, the partnership will see TLC take the lead on several critical tasks expected to improve the local healthcare infrastructure including identifying and developing two optimal clinic locations based on accessibility and community need, recruiting and retaining essential health professionals, including family doctors, nurses, and allied health staff, implementing advanced digital systems for secure and efficient patient care and integrating medical education through collaboration with Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) new Medical School.
The new facilities will serve a dual purpose: providing sustainable, community-based health care while also acting as teaching sites for the new SFU Medical School, which is scheduled to open next fall. This integration is expected to help the city build a pipeline of future medical professionals.
Each clinic is anticipated to be approximately 2,000 square feet, designed to house eight to ten healthcare providers alongside necessary administrative and support staff.
The City noted that financial details will be presented to Council for final approval once negotiations are complete. While final costs are pending, preliminary financial modelling indicates that the City anticipates minimal ongoing costs for the initiative. The goal is to have the first two City-supported clinics operational in 2026.
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