July 17th, 2019
The 'reorganisation' of the national Health Department, an 'embryo' unit to build capacity, and the 'backbone' of a national electronic patient record system that...
July 10th, 2019The National Health Care Professionals Association's crusade against 'racial profiling' took a blow when its court application against 19 medical schemes was thrown out...
July 10th, 2019The current draft Bill that limits State compensation in medical negligence cases leaves unclear matters that are important to both practitioners and patients, writes...
The civil rights organisation AfriForum says in a report on the Politicsweb site that the critical and increasing shortage of nursing staff in South Africa is a fatal...Weekly Roundup
The national Health Department has announced that 87 South African medical doctors who were trained in Cuba had graduated at the Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha,...South Africa
The government is at a “far advanced” stage in the revision of a detailed National Health Insurance (NHI) plan for implementation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in...
June 5th, 2019National Health Insurance (NHI) is one of the most misunderstood terms in healthcare in South Africa. Professor Manie de Klerk, head of the University of Stellenbosch...
June 5th, 2019
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi leaves the national Health Department after 10 years, with the last few years marred by major failures in public health, while the appointment of...
The number of skilled professionals committed to a career in South Africa is declining according to the 2019 PPS Graduate Professional Index (GPI). While more than 70%...SA Provincial Health
Private hospitals and clinics in Cape Town found themselves dealing with a different kind of client recently when sickly and poor patients arrived to demonstrate their...
