What do they do?
The Ministry is always striving towards:
- Access: All residents have affordable health insurance that enables access to essential health services.
- Quality: Health services are safe and effective.
- Efficiency: The health system operates efficiently to improve its financial sustainability and population health.
- Accountability: The Ministry of Health operates in a way that is accountable, effective and transparent.
- Leadership: To provide strategic leadership of the Health System.
Who are we?
The Ministry consists of the following departments or services:
| Department | Services |
| Department of Health |
- Health Centres (maternal health, sexual health, oral health, child health, travel health etc.)
- School-based health services (screenings, therapies and health education)
- Home based services (e.g. community nursing, health visiting)
- Government Nursing Homes (Lefroy Community Care Facility and Sylvia Richardson Care Facility)
- Licensing and inspection services (e.g. occupational safety, restaurants, day care, etc.)
- Vector Control
- Office of the Minister of Health
- Office of the Permanent Secretary
- Policy development
- Health Insurance Plan (HIP)
- FutureCare
- Mutual Reinsurance Plan
- Government Subsidies
- Disease surveillance (monitoring disease occurrence)
- Control of illness outbreaks
- Drug Control
- Regulation of health professionals
Additionally the Ministry provides policy direction for, and receives support from, the Bermuda Health Council and Bermuda Hospitals Board. These two Quangos have Boards that are appointed by the Minister and report to the Ministry through the Permanent Secretary.
To see our reports, legislative updates and policy projects visit our Health Library page.
The Ministry is also responsible for upholding the Government’s commitment to international treaties and conventions related to health, and international reporting requirements.
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