February 12th, 2020
The National Health Insurance (NHI) roadshows currently crossing the country amply illustrate the horror ordinary citizens suffer under poorly delivered public health...
In a failure that could intensify concerns about the administration of the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI), a multi-billion-rand government fund that...
February 5th, 2020
The State Liability Amendment Bill, which has been "panned by critics and left gathering dust", needs to be updated in line with a recent precedent-setting High...
With public hearings on the National Health Insurance (NHI) set to come to the Western Cape in February, the province has expressed its lack of confidence on the...South Africa
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) appears to be having second thoughts about its announcement that certain low-cost medical aid products will be illegal in just...Weekly Roundup
“Major gaps and weaknesses in the current human resources-for-health foundation must be addressed to ensure a high-quality health system and the success of the...Medico-Legal
The 2019 NHI district pilot evaluation report was circulated somewhat belatedly last week to Parliament as an addendum to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize’s written reply...
January 15th, 2020
2020 will be a critically important year for healthcare in South Africa, writes Spotlight. It has formulated eight questions to set out what is at stake.
How, if at...
South Africa’s current shortage of doctors and nurses is not a recent phenomenon. The problem of unfilled vacancies in the public sector has plagued the government as...
December 4th, 2019
The National Assembly’s Health Committee will only consider how to manage the vast volume of written submissions it has received in response to the National Health...
