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Bermuda’s chief medical officer is to be released from routine administrative tasks under new legislation approved Friday by MPs. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said requirements for the job had included “wholly inappropriate” tasks. These inclu...

Health minister Kim Wilson urged people to get tested for HIV as she marked World Aids Day. Ms Wilson took part in a ceremony commemorating the day on the steps of the City Hall. She said: “This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first World Aids...

The St George’s Dental Clinic was officially reopened yesterday. The clinic on Old Military Road provides services to children, seniors and “priority groups” including prisoners and uninsured clients. It has been renovated and now has a full-time den...

A 6.4 per cent increase in the standard premium health insurance rate was caused by an increased need for healthcare rather than an increase in fees, the health minister said. Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that Government will continue to wor...

Health insurance premiums have spiked as much as 18.5 per cent, health minister Kim Wilson told MPs yesterday. In some cases this will mean residents having to pay an additional $100 a month, which Ms Wilson said “can’t be easy for most working famil...

Health minister Kim Wilson advised the public on travel and free health screenings in a ministerial statement at the House of Assembly today. To read her statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media”.

Health minister Kim Wilson reflected on people’s efforts donating blood on World Blood Donor Day. • To read Kim Wilson’s statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media”

The need for more nurses was highlighted last week by Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health. Ms Wilson, who proclaimed last Saturday as International Nurses Day and May as Nurses Month at an event at City Hall, said the Bermuda Nursing Council has more...

Kim Wilson reiterated the need for affordable healthcare and promised that Government will move forward with reform. Ms Wilson, the Minister of Health, said the Government is “pressing ahead” on proposals for financing reform developed under the nati...

More than half of people surveyed by the Government support a new tax on sugar, health minister Kim Wilson revealed on Friday. Ms Wilson told MPs the impact on the baking industry of a tax on raw sugar had been taken into account. She said: “This con...

Health minister Kim Wilson outlined efforts made to improve the health workforce. Ms Wilson told the House of Assembly the Ministry of Health was aiming to “improve health, social and economic development outcomes by ensuring universal availability, ...

Hospital fees are to be adjusted in a move that will raise some costs and lower others, the health minister told the House of Assembly yesterday. Kim Wilson told MPs the changes will be “revenue-neutral to the hospital” and said the relative value me...