The debate over medical scheme contributions is intensifying as South Africa’s healthcare sector prepares for 2027. The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has recommended that

What good healthcare looks like when there is no neat diagnosis The blood tests are normal. The scan shows nothing concerning. The specialist has ruled

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For years we have treated obesity as if there were only two options. You either be more disciplined or you will be handed a prescription

Chronic Disease Management Is Changing Healthcare and Allied Health Professionals Are Leading the Way Earlier this year, South Africa’s National Department of Health renewed its

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Telling People What to Do Rarely Works. At some point in your career, you have almost certainly had this interaction. You explain the plan in

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Mandela’s observation about time is often read as a moral statement, but in healthcare it lands closer to home. Time is the one resource that