The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has urged all dental assistants to register as the moratorium on criminal prosecution of unregistered dental assistants draws to a close.
After a week of public hearings into private healthcare, medical aids came out looking insensitive, while fees charged by hospitals and specialists were also hammered.
Medical schemes avoid covering their members for treatment they are obliged to cover by law, and patients pay up because they don’t know their rights.
The long-awaited Competition Commission inquiry into private healthcare kicked off this week with an appeal for prices to be regulated
After Dr George Mukhari Hospital casualty patients complain of long waiting times, the Gauteng Department of Health has denied the hospital’s emergency section is overcrowded.
People living with disabilities in northern Limpopo say they have been left without jobs after a change in tenders for hospital tuck shops allegedly gave disabled caters the boot.
The National Department of Health has denied allegations that provincial health departments may be ‘freezing posts' amid tight budgets.
Facing a R9-billion shortfall just to meet salary demands, provincial health departments are freezing posts. Whether couched openly in memos or hidden between the lines of spiralling bureaucracy, staff freezes may be South Africa's most significant threat to healthcare.
The working paper by the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) outlines the causes and implications of alleged hiring freezes in seven provinces nationwide.
The Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) is taking “corrective action” to address its shortcoming, which were identified by the Ministerial Task Team (MTT) set up by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
Months after Ha-Mashau residents in Limpopo watched a man die as he waited for an ambulance for more than three hours, the community of more than 15,000 says their cries for a dedicated ambulance for the area continue to go unheard.
Alcohol remains a killer on the country's roads, and despite government proposals to curb drinking holes, taverns continue to flourish.
The online, searchable portal serves as a repository of health-related past and present research conducted in South Africa.
Gauteng's Jubilee District Hospital recently marked six decades of community service north of Pretoria.
This Medical Research Council brief summarises the key points of a systematic review evaluating the medicinal use of cannabis first published by Dr Penny Whiting in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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