Shock decision could exclude hundreds of thousands of families from private medical services Business Live 06 December 2019 – 05:10 Tamar Kahn The medical schemes regulator has sent shock waves through the industry in announcing plans to scrap by March 2021 the pared-down schemes and[...]
The South African Oct 10, 2019 The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has ramped up efforts in trying to ‘sweep the streets’ and remove bogus doctors. The HPCSA is a statutory body established under the Health Professions Act 56 of 1974. While its[...]
The Maverick Oct 9, 2019 As a strategic purchaser the National Health Insurance should be expressly pro-public sector and strategically focus on building capacity in under-resourced areas such as clinics and hospitals in poorer urban communities and in rural facilities. When engaging in the discussion[...]
News24 Jan 23, 2018 Durban – Ntongenzani Ngidi (57) from KwaSithebe in Mandeni, north of Durban, is finding it difficult to look after himself, as well as his family, following a work injury he got in August. He said he was cleaning machines used to[...]
Sunday Times Feb 7, 2018 A R9 billion settlement should be reached “within months” in a class action suit brought against South African gold producers by miners suffering from lung diseases including silicosis, the chair of an industry group on the issue said on Wednesday.[...]