Healthcare practitioners are increasingly challenged by the constraints of medical aid schemes. Emanating from the power that medical scheme managers have in determining the treatment… Read More »Medical aid schemes – a dilemma for practitioners

Healthcare practitioners have a responsibility to protect and promote the health of individuals and they have a commitment to provide quality care. A perceived potential… Read More »How to care for HIV patients

The Professional Board for Emergency Care (PBEC) established a Research Committee to champion the emergency care research interests related to the profession. It is envisaged… Read More »Good news for emergency care professionals

The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), Professional Board of Dental Therapy and Oral Hygiene advises Dental Assistants and other stakeholders that it has… Read More »Dental assistants: register now!

The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is a statutory body and is committed to protecting the public and guiding the professions. The vision… Read More »‘Bogus’ practitioners rooted out

The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), Professional Board of Dental Therapy and Oral Hygiene advises Dental Assistants and other stakeholders that it has… Read More »Registration of unqualified but experienced Dental Assistants

The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA); Professional Board for Dental Therapy and Oral Hygiene advises Dental Therapists and other stakeholders that, after discussion… Read More »Scope for Dental Therapists

HSPCA views dental assistants as a vital profession, which deals with the treatment of patients, allowing for the safe and effective delivery of oral healthcare.… Read More »Registration of dental assistants

The HPCSA off-site and renewal of registrations began on 1 March and will continue until 4 May 2016. The aim is to ensure that registration… Read More »Off-site renewal of registration

Practitioners involved in treating children will occasionally require consent of either the child,  parent/guardian. During the current Council symposiums, it has been noted that most… Read More »Prescribed forms to be used when treating children

Is society misusing antibiotics? This seems to be the case based on figures released by the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) warning that by 2015 as… Read More »Partnerships necessary to curb misuse of antibiotics

The HPCSA is currently conducting its first Customer Satisfaction Survey – running until the end of April 2016. The objective of the survey is to:… Read More »Customer satisfaction survey

To ensure that the HPCSA achieves its mandate of guiding the profession, it is currently conducting nationwide symposia and roadshows. The aim is to educate… Read More »HPCSA events

2016 started off on a somewhat sour note for the Central University of Technology (CUT), with its accreditation being revoked. In 2014, the Professional Board… Read More »Discontinuation of the Emergency Medical Care programme

Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi released the White Paper on the National Health Insurance (NHI) as approved by Cabinet for public comment ahead of the… Read More »NHI White Paper

The Bulletin magazine will be mailed out early in January 2016. The magazine is crammed with critical information for HPCSA registered practitioners on subjects ranging… Read More »The Bulletin 2016

By PJ van Wyk and M van der Walt Introduction and literature review Dental caries (tooth decay) is the most common childhood disease and the… Read More »The relationship between odontogenic infections and body mass index

Any qualified medical professional wishing to practise must be registered with the Health Professionals Council. Failure to do so is a criminal offence. Registering with… Read More »All practitioners must register