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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...

Dr. Michael Brooks, Medical Director of Bermuda Urology Clinic will be the guest speaker at the quarterly “Docs for Dinner” event to be held on March 21, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at Café Lido. Dr. Brooks will speak to the topic “PSA Screening – Does it actu...

Requests from the public for information have hindered the work of the Ministry of Health, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said staff were “disproportionately burdened” by questions submitted under public acces...

Applications for new services under Bermuda’s basic healthcare package have been put on hold while talks to change the scheme take place. Healthcare providers were advised of a moratorium on requests in a memo from the Bermuda Health Council last wee...

A Department of Health scheme to promote exercise and diet kicks off next week. The Fitness in the Park programme is to begin on Monday. A Government spokeswoman said: “The Department has partnered with local gyms to promote the important role that...

The public is invited to attend the final day of an international science conference focusing on diabetes. The annual Bermuda Principles Impact Conference introduces an Education Day this year which will be open to the public on Saturday at the Fairm...

The Bermuda Health Council is announcing a 2019 research collaboration with The Family Centre, a Bermuda charity. To enhance the delivery of health services and better understand social determinants of health here in Bermuda, the Health Council will ...

Residents could know more about the healthcare choices available to them when health sector businesses join a revamped Health Council register. The Bermuda Health Council has invited the over 300 healthcare businesses across the country to register w...