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SA medico-legal reform: modernising the system or knee-jerk reaction?
The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC), which was tasked with reviewing the medico-legal system given the mounting suits against the health department and...
SA Law Reform Commission examines spiralling medico-legal claims
Comment is sought by the SA Law Reform Commission on an issue paper exploring reasons for spiralling number of medico-legal claims, particularly against the state,...
Don't wait for NHI to start health sector reform, SA experts urge
Uncertainty about how and when the National Health Insurance will be implemented has stalled reform efforts in the healthcare sector, but it is critical...
Justice committee slaps down medico-legal claims Bill
A Bill aimed at structuring the payment of medico-legal claims against the state has been rejected by Parliament’s Justice & Correctional Services Committee.
The State...
R7bn medico-legal claims disparity in Gauteng Health report
Gauteng Health has come under fire from the legislature’s Health Portfolio Committee after discrepancies were noted in its 2023/24 financial report, with chairperson Rebecca...
HPCSA amendments offer hope
Reforming the HPCSA’s professional conduct inquiry process could benefit the mental well-being for practitioners involved, writes Dr Yash Naidoo, case manager at Medical Protection...
Alternative approaches could lessen HPCSA delays and mental stress
The inevitable stress and anxiety of an investigation by the HPCSA can be lessened, or at least reduced, with a different approach, subtler notification...
Reducing medico-legal claims to be included in Gauteng hospital CEOs contracts
Gauteng Health is to implement several reforms in a bid to slash the province's medico-legal claims, including holding hospital CEOs accountable.
This was said by MEC...
Sama warning as Limpopo Health aims to slash doctors' long hours
The Limpopo Health Department has defended its proposals to amend its healthcare workers’ shift systems – including the reduction of doctors’ overtime hours –...
Court sets aside complaint after HPCSA's long delay in handling case
A ‘tale of institutional inefficiency, demonstrating the traumatic and adverse prejudicial impact on the well-being of a professional medical practitioner accused of unproven misconduct’...