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Traumatic events in childhood have become a “public health emergency” that policymakers must tackle from the top, an expert warned yesterday. Mark Cloutier said legislators need to understand how the wider community is affected not only socially but ...

A number of factors including Brexit could be driving up prices on some prescription drugs in Bermuda, it is feared. Pharmacists said medication recalls and manufacturing issues also played a part, after one patient reported that the cost of his trea...

A total of three food outlets were shut to carry out improvements after random health inspections found problems with their food and hygiene routines. The three were among six food sellers ranked “D”, the lowest score, in the latest grades on licence...

People aged 50 and older with chronic conditions could be missing out on crucial advice on how lifestyle changes could boost their health, it was revealed. A survey by Age Concern Bermuda found that although almost 80 per cent of respondents had seen...

An interactive wellness programme for government employees will be launched next month in an effort to tackle the $12.8 million cost of public sector sick leave. Workers were urged to take on the team-based challenge as part of a Throne Speech pledge...

A $65 million reserve fund will be available for the hospital if costs run over the block grant to be provided by the Government, a public meeting heard last night. Jennifer Attride-Stirling, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, said sh...

Legal arguments in an action brought by the former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council against her previous employer were heard behind closed doors yesterday. Tawanna Wedderburn said in March that she had asked for judicial review proceedin...

A doctor who wanted to run a walk-in urgent care centre in the heart of Hamilton has claimed a freeze on applications for new services will be “potentially catastrophic”. JJ Soares said a moratorium on requests to provide treatment under the standard...

A $330 million cash pot is expected to be handed over to the Bermuda Hospitals Board as the Government signalled a new approach to payment for healthcare. The block grant will replace the former “fee for service” method. Kim Wilson, the Minister of H...

The former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council is to take legal action over her “termination”, she revealed yesterday. Tawanna Wedderburn said she had asked for judicial review proceedings against David Burt, the Premier, Kim Wilson, the he...