Lessons from N.Q. v. Dr R.P. & Others and Comparative Case Law Patient and physician names in this briefing have been reduced to initials to support anonymity. The full case citation is retained in the References section for legal traceability. Purpose This briefing examines what a robust informed consent process should look like in surgical practice, using the 2025 High Court decision in N.Q. v. Dr R.P. & Others as a case study, and drawing on comparable jurisprudence from t

Everything healthcare facilities need to know about the SHA/DHA mandate in plain language, no jargon. The DHA HMIS mandate is real. The deadline is 90 days. But most facility leaders have the same questions. We answered them, no jargon, no fluff. What You Need to Know In 2026, Kenya's healthcare system is undergoing a significant shift. The Social Health Authority (SHA) is moving away from its legacy provider portal and requiring all contracted healthcare facilities to operat

Navigating the 90-day integration deadline, DHA certification, and Health Information Exchange readiness 1. What's Happening On 29 June 2026, the Ministry of Health, the Social Health Authority (SHA), and the Digital Health Agency (DHA) jointly directed all healthcare providers to fully integrate with the Health Management Information System (HMIS) within three months, or risk decontracting from SHA. This is now a formal condition of SHA contracting for the 2026/28 cycle, not

A private hospital in Nairobi spent five years working toward SafeCare Level 5, the highest tier in a quality certification system that scores everything from infection control to leadership structures. Across the city, an outpatient healthcare network has scaled to over a dozen SafeCare Level 5 accredited facilities. As one of its executives put it, anyone can put up a signboard, hire staff, and stock drugs. Quality is the one thing a competitor can't copy overnight. That's

Every few weeks, a new headline tells us SHA is hemorrhaging billions to fraud. Then a counter-headline tells us most of those "fraudulent" claims were actually just clerical errors. The Cabinet Secretary blames hospitals. Hospitals blame the algorithm. Patients are left wondering whether their cover will actually pay out when they need it. Almost nobody is naming the actual mechanism underneath all of this: medical coding. Or rather, the near-total absence of it. If you work

This advisory covers what a practitioner requires from a Professional Indemnity (PI) arrangement. It sets out what individual practitioners need, how that requirement shifts across different specialties, and the specific gaps an institution or practitioner should check for before relying on an existing policy. It is intended as a practical reference for credentialing committees, clinical governance leads, and individual practitioners reviewing their own cover. 1. The Baselin