Death, dying and silence in the Eastern Cape
One year after the South African Human Rights Commission found the Eastern Cape had failed to uphold citizens’ right to emergency care, communities are still waiting for answers, writes Ntsiki Mpulo.
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Nurses forced to clean clinic after hours
Clean enough to eat off the floors is how some people would expect a clinic to be, but in one Northern Cape clinic this is far from the reality.
Public Consultation: National Health Insurance White Paper
The following April 2016 dates have been set aside for consultation on the National Health Insurance White Paper.
Statement: Registration of Unqualified but Experienced Dental Assistants
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has submitted recommendations to Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi regarding the registration of dental assistants.
Equipment deliveries delay Soshanguve clinic opening
Missing furniture is being blamed for delaying the opening of Soshanguve’s new Block JJ Clinic, which was slated to re-open last year.
Long clinic queue becomes money maker
Monica Moloi spent hours watching patients queue at her nextdoor clinic until she realised she was looking at an opportunity.
Community health workers win Labour Court victory
The jobs of thousands of community health workers may have been temporarily saved as the Labour Court rules that the Gauteng Department of Health violated labour laws when it advertised their jobs without notice.
Activists picket UN meeting for access to medicines
Dozens of activists and patients picketed today outside the Johannesburg meeting of a United Nations high level panel on access to medicines. Activists have demanded governments fund more drug research and development.
Community health workers take health department to court
At least 400 Gauteng community health workers are suing the Gauteng Department of Health after they allege the department violated labour law when it asked them to re-apply for their jobs without notice.
Private healthcare: The blame game
The Competition Commission’s inquiry into private healthcare has changed focus, with medical schemes and administrators doing their best to blame others for the cause high price of private care.
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Hospitals, specialists ‘overgrazing’ medical aid members
Private hospital and specialists’ fees need to be regulated to contain costs for medical scheme members, according to the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF).
Reprieve expected for dental assistants
The Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is expected to announce a reprieve for thousands of unregistered dental hygienists nationwide just weeks ahead of a change in policy that could have left many open to criminal prosecution.
[Updated] National Health Insurance chance to improve quality
The public has until 31 May* to comment on the NHI White Paper, but the response has been muted. Yet the NHI provides an opportunity to improve quality and address the lack of health workers, writes Section27's Sasha Stevenson.
Mabopane patients stand long waits as clinic expansion stalls
Dozens of Tshwane patients face a long, hot wait daily for services at Mabopane's Tlamelong Clinic as the facility runs short of space and chairs.
Call for contributions to the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Access to Medicines
The United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines is calling for proposals to enhance and strengthen the promotion of innovation and access to medicines, vaccines and diagnostics.