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Find out moreWelcome to the first edition of Law Update for 2025. As we begin this exciting year, we are pleased to turn our attention to one of the most dynamic sectors in the UAE and the broader GCC region – healthcare. Over the past several years, the region has seen unprecedented growth in this sector, driven by legislative advancements, technological innovations, and the increasing focus on sustainability and AI. As such, healthcare is set to be one of the most important sectors in the coming decade.
In this issue, we explore key themes that are significantly shaping the future of healthcare in the UAE, such as recent changes in foreign ownership laws. These reforms present a major opportunity for foreign investors, opening up new avenues for international collaborations and improving the overall healthcare infrastructure. The changes in ownership laws are an important milestone, and we provide an analysis of what this means for the industry and the various players involved.
Read NowAs the Kingdom seeks to shift to the “new model of care”, delivered through its network of health clusters being formed, the Ministry of Health (“MOH”) issued the first edition of the Health Cluster Management Guide, 2024, which includes several standards and requirements to ensure that health facilities affiliated with the MOH apply the best health practices and standards as applicable to the capabilities of the public sector facilities.
Oversight of these health standards in a transparent way will be crucial to achieving success and sustainability, ensuring policies and procedures are implemented correctly, and limiting risks and abuses. The guide includes a variety of checklist type standards for an assortment of care settings and departments, including those in:
It also includes cybersecurity standards as well as standards for engineering services, maintenance, and operation. Finally, the second chapter addresses the technical and administrative staff as well as healthcare practitioners.
We are looking forward to further announcements this year about the developments of the strategy concerning health clusters, the national health insurer, and the Health Holding Company.
Stay tuned here… Healthcare & Life Sciences MENA – Al Tamimi & Company
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