Bloated bureaucracy at HPCSA needs emergency surgery
The HPCSA is notorious for its inefficiency, but the Health Minister finally has an opportunity to reform this Byzantine monster
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New ambulances for Limpopo
The province has received 60 new ambulances and another 40 ambulances worth more than R40 million are expected to be distributed between the province’s five districts with a year.
HPCSA shake-up imminent as inquiry report handed to Minister
A shake-up at the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) is imminent, following a high-level inquiry into the troubled body.
Getting to zero preventable child deaths is possible
News child mortality data shows East and southern Africa are making the fastest progress on reducing child deaths - and this bodes well as the world ushers in new development goals, write UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and southern Africa Leila Gharagozloo-Pakkala and Save the Children East Africa Director David Wright.
Health comes home to East Rand elderly
After elderly and frail visitors at an East Rand drop in centre could not get to health services, the Gauteng Department of Health has vowed to bring the health services to them.
Medical students cautioned as they head to Cuba
The North West province has warned 35 medical students headed to Cuba that bad behaviour abroad will not be looked on kindly.
Complexity of change slows NHI White Paper
‘Soon, soon’ – the complexity of radically transforming the health system underlies the snail’s pace of the National Health Insurance (NHI) White Paper’s development, but a lot is happening to improve the quality of public health in preparation for one universal health system. Kerry Cullinan reports for Health-e News.
Hospital officially renamed for ANC activist
The “new” Natalspruit Hospital in Vosloorus has been renamed for ANC activist Thelle Mogoerane.
Douglas clinic gets new nurses following shortage
Douglas patients in the Northern Cape have welcomed two new nurses for the town’s Breipaal Clinic after a previous staff shortage led to long queues and patients being turned away.
Take part SA’s first Health of the Nation Survey
Take a short survey and be part of one of South Africa's largest online surveys into health organised by Health24 and sponsored by FedHealth.
Mpumalanga launches service delivery improvement project
Mpumalanga has launched Operation Vuka Sisebente to improve coordination of service delivery between departments by launching the “war room” concept that has become the centre of KwaZulu-Natal’s HIV response.
Motsoaledi just what doctor ordered for SA health
New research has shown that fiery Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi may have been just what the doctor ordered for South Africans’ health.
Family fingers East Rand hospital, clinic for poor treatment of dying daughter
The Nyembezi family alleges that the Natalspruit Hospital failed to attend to their dying daughter after what seemed like a common cold turned deadly.
Hundreds gather to ‘say no to corruption’
About 300 activists recently gathered outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg to protest corruption they say is partially behind poor service delivery.
Mpumalanga opens new community health centre
The Mpumalanga Department of Health has unveiled a state-of-the-art maternity ward as part of its new community health centre near Standerton.
