The NHLS governance crisis has prompted Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to appoint three senior figures to address deteriorating oversight and financial management. The intervention follows missed deadlines for the National Health Laboratory Service’s 2025/26 financial statements and annual report. Meanwhile, provincial health departments owe the organisation R10.6 billion, threatening its financial sustainability. The NHLS provides almost all diagnostic testing for…
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NHLS Debt Crisis Puts Public Healthcare At Risk
The NHLS Debt Crisis is raising serious concerns about the stability of South Africa’s public healthcare system. By March, provincial health departments owed the National Health Laboratory Service about R11bn for critical services already provided. The NHLS plays a central role in public healthcare. It provides diagnostic testing, disease monitoring, outbreak support, HIV and TB programme services, forensic pathology expertise…
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NHLS TrakCare Outage Exposes Backup Power Gaps
South Africa’s National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) reported an ongoing disruption to its TrakCare information system. The outage left health professionals across the public sector unable to access patient results, disrupting routine care and time-critical decision-making. The NHLS provides diagnostic pathology services nationwide. It supports public facilities through a network of more than 300 laboratories. Because public sector clinicians rely…