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Joint Strategic Needs Assessment of Health calls healthcare in Bermuda “a fragmented system of episodic single-condition management”

Robin Tucker questions the rate of progress being made by the Government

The Bermuda Health Council’s ambition to set a maximum price on certain drugs sounds good in theory, but may be less simple in practice

The Bermuda Health Council, Government and private businesses are working together to find ways to reduce the cost of drugs

The Bermuda Health Council is in talks with wholesalers and pharmacies on how to bring down the cost of medical drugs

Overweight people not controlling what they eat are responsible for Bermuda’s health outcomes failing to match its high expenditure on medical care, MPs heard. Kim Wilson, the health minister, told the House of Assembly on Friday that the problem was...

The Bermuda Health Council is introducing “Nutrition for High Performance Professionals” in a Facebook format. The council said it was promoting the simple message of how eating optimally would transform anyone’s professional and personal life. In co...

An award-winning nurse is calling for frontline health workers to have more say in how health services operate. Irena Ashton made the recommendation in a letter to Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, after being named Nurse of the Year. Ms Ashton, wh...

The Ministry of Health launched its Bermuda Health Strategy 2022–2027 last month in a bid to make sure that everyone has access to essential, quality health services without suffering financial hardship. FIONA McWHIRTER takes a look at some of th...

An eight-point plan was unveiled yesterday as part of the Government’s efforts to improve the health system. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said the Bermuda Health Strategy 2022-2027 put people at its heart. She explained: “One of the highlights...

A Bermudian-based healthcare technology firm is to partner with an Australian-headquartered company to provide a decentralised health technology network in Bermuda leveraging the Algorand blockchain. MAPay, with global headquarters in Hamilton, said ...

Patients will be the main focus of a new universal health coverage plan, the Minister of Health said on Friday. Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that a three-year plan would begin with a “foundational” layer to include projects highlighted in th...