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Spending on healthcare is not the same as investing in health, the Bermuda Health Council has warned. The watchdog said more money should be spent on the social causes of poor health after David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said Bermud...

Substance abuse services will return to the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute next week. Renovations forced the programmes to relocate to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for six months. A spokeswoman for Bermuda Hospitals Board said dosing for t...

The Bermuda Health Council has created a new online tool to help people get value for money when it comes to prescription drugs. The resource, aimed at decreasing the cost of drugs, allows the public to look up the suggested total cost for the most ...

Disabled people will need more protection in the workplace in the wake of a Budget sweetener to boost their employment prospects, a leading campaigner warned yesterday. LaKiesha Wolffe welcomed the Budget announcement that the employer portion of pa...

A war of words broke out in the Senate yesterday over cuts in fees for MRI and CT medical scans. Andrew Simons of the One Bermuda Alliance said Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, had lied when she claimed the OBA ignored technical recommendations wh...

A mental health expert has called for a high-security clinic to treat criminals with psychiatric problems. Tiffanne Thomas, director of Therapeutic Consulting Services, said a specialist unit could better treat people with mental health problems who ...

The Bermuda Diabetes Association welcomed the inclusion of a sugar tax and a cut in duty rates for healthy items in the 2018-19 Budget yesterday, but emphasised the need for education on healthy eating habits. Chairwoman Debbie Jones said: “Educatio...

The Government’s plan to reinstate a $25 million subsidy to the Bermuda Hospitals Board is not enough to bring island’s hospitals back to a healthy financial position, a spokeswoman warned yesterday. She added that the grant would help delay the imp...

Ringing a bell to mark the end of radiation treatment has become a tradition in a cancer patient’s road to recovery. The celebratory sound to mark the milestone has been missing from the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s new Radiation Therapy Unit, ...

A cultural and policy shift is needed to cut unsustainable healthcare costs, the Bermuda Health Council said yesterday. The watchdog warned that the healthcare system had reached “breaking point” with spending topping $704.1 million between April 1, ...