– Says It will worsen healthcare costs
Mary Nnah
The Healthcare Providers’ Association of Nigeria, HACPAN, has rejected the proposed National Health Facility Regulatory Agency of Nigeria Bill, NHFRA, warning it will create more bureaucracy, duplicate existing laws, and ultimately drive up the cost of healthcare for ordinary Nigerians.
Speaking during a recent press briefing in Ikeja, Lagos, HACPAN National President, Dr. Austine Aipoh, said the association supports improved regulation and patient safety, but that creating a new federal agency is the wrong approach.
“While HACPAN strongly supports improved healthcare regulation, higher standards of patient safety, enhanced quality assurance and greater accountability. We respectfully oppose the establishment of the proposed agency in its entirety because it creates unnecessary duplication of existing regulatory structures”, Dr. Aipoh said.
