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Healthcare Conference | 16 May 2024

In recent years, a combination of factors, from ailing public healthcare structures to the impending National Health Insurance legislation, has caused significant uncertainty and concern among all stakeholders in the sector.

Healthcare Conference 2024: Opening address

Anél Bosman, Group Managing Executive at Nedbank CIB

Healthcare Conference 2024: Keynote speaker

Barry Childs, joint CEO of Insight Actuaries and Consultants

Healthcare Conference 2024: Panel discussion

SA healthcare, what are our options

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South Africa’s healthcare dilemma

A 200 000-bed shortfall is likely to stall National Health Insurance ambitions.

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South Africa’s healthcare sector requires more investment for equity

There is a need for additional investment in South Africa’s fast-growing healthcare sector to cater for the increasing needs of the country, including addressing the national hospital bed shortfall.

Some of the speakers

Barry Childs

Barry Childs

Joint CEO | Insight Actuaries & Consultants

Barry started consulting in 2007 after working at Liberty and Discovery Health. He co-founded Insight Actuaries & Consultants in 2014, growing it into the country's largest healthcare actuarial consultancy, expanding locally and abroad in the 2020s. Barry is passionate about healthcare and wellness, and advises diverse public and private healthcare stakeholders on strategy, analytics, and policy.

Riedwaan Jabaar

Riedwaan Jabaar

Life Healthcare Chief Executive | Renal Dialysis and Life Integrated

Riedwaan has over 25 years' experience in insurance and healthcare. He spent 15 years at Discovery Health and then co-founded PPO Service, which is shared service hub for clinicians. At Healthforce, he led business development, analytics, and experience. He then held funder and product development roles at Life Healthcare from 2020 and became an executive of Funders, Analytics and Product Disruption in 2021 before his current appointment in April 2024.

Dr Ronald Whelan

Dr Ronald Whelan

Chief Executive | Discovery Health

Ronald is a medical doctor with an MBA and has extensive clinical and commercial healthcare experience. Over the past 4 years he has been integral to Discovery Health's strategy, operations, scheme risk management, and ancillary healthcare services. He also spearheaded Discovery Health's Covid-19 response, collaborating closely with B4SA and the National Department of Health in the national vaccination project. Before his appointment as CEO, he served as Deputy CEO of Discovery Health.

Dr Ebrahim Hoosien

Dr Ebrahim Hoosien

Chief Executive | Ampath Laboratories

Dr Ebrahim leads one of southern Africa’s foremost pathology laboratories, with over 140 pathologists who perform a full range of clinical analyses. Personally, he has a wealth of experience in and knowledge of the pathology industry, having qualified as a pathologist. He now serves as CEO of Ampath and plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of pathology in South Africa.

Dr Augusta Dorning

Dr Augusta Dorning

Managing Partner | Extraordinary Hospitals of Africa

Augusta has 40 years of experience in public, not-for-profit, and private healthcare organisations and served on boards and in senior leadership roles for the past 35 years. She is an author and practising academic and her work in both the professional and social responsibility spheres has been recognised internationally. Augusta is also widely recognised as one of Africa’s most influential women in healthcare and a positive role model. She is currently the Managing Partner of a Boutique Healthcare Consultancy, which takes good hospitals and makes them great. On a personal note, she is married to her soulmate, and they love travelling together. They have travelled to 100 countries worldwide and are planning on increasing that number. Augusta loves speaking with people and writing about her experiences, particularly in healthcare.

Tanya Cohen

Tanya Cohen

Cogent Advisory

Tanya is a seasoned convenor and solutions facilitator, working at the intersection between the government and private sector. She is the CEO of Cogent Advisory, and Senior Adviser to the Public Private Growth Initiative – an intervention aimed at unlocking priority inhibitors for sectors. As part of this work, she has led the multi-stakeholder steering committee to identify the nurses training gap for South Africa.

Tanya is former Chief Executive of BUSA, and previously served as the Chairperson of the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) Governing Body, and as a Commissioner of Employment Equity. She is an attorney by profession, and holds a BA, LLB, LLM (Laws) from the University of Witwatersrand. She currently serves as a Commissioner in the National Planning Commission

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