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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.
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.
Southern rural doctors want Pradit out, P4P axed
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/06/2013
» Rural doctors in seven lower southern provinces have called on the government to revoke its pay-for-performance (P4P) scheme and dismiss the public health minister.
GPO labour union joins protest to topple Pradit
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 29/05/2013
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation's (GPO) labour union plans to join a protest in front of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's house next Thursday.
Pradit denies GPO sell-off
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/05/2013
» Public Health Minister Pradit Sinthawanarong insists he has no plan to privatise the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO).
NHSO delays UC co-payment talks
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/05/2013
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) board cancelled a discussion on the proposed co-payment scheme for the Universal Healthcare Coverage scheme (UC) at its meeting yesterday amid opposition from activists.
Doctors demand Pradit graft probe
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/04/2013
» The Rural Doctors Society (RDS) has stepped up its protest against Public Health minister Pradit Sinthawanarong by instigating a check of his activities for corruption.
Mongkol blasts both sides in pay dispute
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/04/2013
» A former public health minister has called on rural doctors and the Public Health Ministry to hold talks to iron out their differences over the pay-for-performance (P4P) scheme.
Rural doctors exodus tipped to snowball
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/04/2013
» The exodus of 146 rural doctors to protest against the Public Health Ministry' s decision to cut their hardship allowance could increase further, doctors say.