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Health toget 'urgent' policy review
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 14/09/2014
» Public Health Minister Rachata Rachatanavin has launched an "urgent review" of health policies and will work with officials to identify priorities, which he said would take a month.
4 drugs join low-cost scheme
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/08/2014
» Four expensive medicines for breast cancer, hepatitis C and leukemia have been added to the national drug lists.
Experts back healthcare fee hike
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/07/2014
» A co-payment scheme combined with the universal coverage (UC) scheme will improve the healthcare service, experts say.
Health chief denies hiking UC fees
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/07/2014
» The Public Health Ministry has again denied considering plans to force recipients of the universal coverage (UC) healthcare scheme to make co-payments for medical costs.
Social security scheme ‘failing members’
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/05/2014
» Health activists are calling for the social security scheme (SSS) to be overhauled to bring it up to the standard of other national healthcare schemes.
NHSO forum floats local management
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/05/2014
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has been encouraging the participation of stakeholders in the improvement of health security systems via public hearings.
Hep C drugs price slashed
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/05/2014
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has negotiated with two pharmaceutical companies to reduce the price of hepatitis C drugs by 70%.
Chiefs in tussle over dual roles
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 07/05/2014
» Executives from the National Health Security Office (NHSO) and the Public Health Ministry will meet today in a bid to resolve a bitter conflict centred on the dual roles of senior provincial health officials.
NHS meet left without venue
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/03/2014
» The National Health Commission Office (NHCO) has expressed anger after a UN conference centre in Bangkok abruptly cancelled a booking it had made to stage its annual convention.
Rare disease neglected, warn experts
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/03/2014
» Health professionals have called on the government to arrange better access to state health services for patients with rare diseases.