The Turks and Caicos Islands Government is moving away from its long-running InterHealth Canada hospital contract, setting up a joint transition committee to manage the handover while promising patient care will not be interrupted. Governor Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam read the plan in Parliament on September 8, 2026.
InterHealth Canada has operated the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre in Providenciales and the Cockburn Town Medical Centre in Grand Turk since 2010 under a 25-year public-private partnership, with about $124 million in financing arranged for the project. The Times reported InterHealth moved to terminate the agreement in July after alleging it had not been paid for 18 months, with disputed invoices exceeding $9.3 million. Healthcare accounts for $94.1 million of this financial year's budget. "Access is a right, but without sustainability it is threatened," the Government said.
Under the reforms, a Health Services Authority will oversee primary, secondary and some tertiary care, and the Health Regulations Authority, Health Professionals Authority and Migrant Health are expected to merge into one regulator. Government-funded overseas treatment will be restricted to Turks and Caicos Islanders and British Overseas Territories citizens residing in the territory; other residents must arrange private cover for overseas care, though previously approved cases are protected.