Ministry of Health
The company record on file corresponds to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, a ministry of the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas responsible for national health policy, public hospitals and healthcare regulation. It is a government body, not a private or state-owned company, and it was never incorporated under Bahamian companies legislation; accordingly it has no registration number, no share capital and no company registry filing of its own, and the on-file identifiers reflect its status as a public-sector entity rather than a registered legal person.
The on-file incorporation date of 1 January 1973 falls in the year The Bahamas gained independence from the United Kingdom, on 10 July 1973, but it does not correspond to a specific, dateable instrument creating the Ministry. The Bahamian Government’s own agency directory describes the Ministry of Health, in its present ministerial form, as formed in 1969, four years before independence, succeeding the Department of Public Health, which the same directory describes as having operated since 1914, during the British colonial administration of the islands. The 1973 date on file therefore appears to use the country’s independence year as a generic placeholder rather than a documented founding date specific to this Ministry.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness plans, supervises, licenses and coordinates healthcare services across The Bahamas, working from a social model of health directed at disease prevention and access to comprehensive, integrated healthcare. It is headquartered in Nassau, New Providence, and oversees the country’s public hospital and clinic network primarily through the statutory Public Hospitals Authority, alongside other health agencies described in the group-structure section below. No website is recorded in the on-file company data for this entity, though the Ministry maintains an official government website at mohw.gov.bs.
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Shareholders
Shareholders of Ministry of Health and Wellness
Not applicable. The entity on file is the Ministry of Health and Wellness, a ministry of the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, not a company incorporated under Bahamian companies legislation. Government ministries structurally have no issued share capital, shareholders or ultimate beneficial owners to disclose. The Ministry is funded through the annual national budget approved by the Bahamian Parliament and is accountable to the Cabinet and, through Parliament, to the electorate, rather than to private or corporate owners.
Governance and funding
Political responsibility for the Ministry rests with the Minister of Health and Wellness, a member of the Cabinet of The Bahamas appointed by the Prime Minister. The Ministry’s civil-service and technical operations are led by a Permanent Secretary and a Technical Directorate comprising the Chief Medical Officer, the Director of Public Health and the Director of Nursing, none of whom hold an ownership or shareholding interest in the Ministry. Funding is appropriated annually by Parliament rather than raised through share capital or private investment.
Data availability
Not applicable. As a central government ministry without share capital, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has no shareholder or beneficial-ownership register of the kind maintained for private companies. This section instead reports the Ministry’s verified governance and funding structure based on official Bahamian Government sources reviewed as of the retrieval date below.
Sources
- Bahamas Government, Health and Wellness, Ministry of (agency directory entry), bahamas.gov.bs/agencies/health-and-wellness – retrieved 22 September 2026
- Ministry of Health and Wellness, official website, mohw.gov.bs – retrieved 22 September 2026
- Public Hospitals Authority Act, Chapter 234, Statute Law of The Bahamas – retrieved 22 September 2026
Officers
Leadership of the Ministry of Health and Wellness
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has no directors, company officers or shareholders because it is a Government ministry rather than a registered company. Its political leadership comprises a Cabinet Minister and a Minister of State, both Members of Parliament appointed by the Prime Minister, while its civil-service leadership comprises a Permanent Secretary and a Technical Directorate of career health officials. Dr. the Hon. Michael Ronald Darville, MP for Tall Pines, has served as Minister of Health and Wellness since 6 October 2021, when he was first appointed following the general election of 16 September 2021, and he was reappointed to the same portfolio in the Cabinet sworn in by Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis in May 2026, after the Progressive Liberal Party’s re-election in the general election of 12 May 2026.
Other current appointments
Hon. Owen Carlo Benjamin Wells, newly elected Member of Parliament for the St James constituency created in the 2026 boundary review, was sworn in as Minister of State for Health and Wellness as part of the same May 2026 Cabinet. The Ministry’s Technical Directorate is led by a Chief Medical Officer, a Director of Public Health and a Director of Nursing, who advise on clinical, public-health and nursing matters respectively; the current office holders of these technical posts were not confirmed from the sources reviewed for this profile. A Permanent Secretary was named in official sources predating the May 2026 general election, but no source reviewed here confirms whether that appointment continued after the change of Cabinet, so no current Permanent Secretary is named in this profile.
Data availability
Partial. Ministerial and Minister of State appointments are publicly announced by the Bahamian Government and reported by local media, and are reflected here as of the retrieval date below. Nationality and residence are not applicable fields for these public office holders. Named appointments to career civil-service posts, such as Permanent Secretary and the Technical Directorate, are less consistently published and are not comprehensively confirmed in this profile.
Group Structure
Group structure of the Ministry of Health and Wellness
Not applicable in the corporate sense. The Ministry of Health and Wellness is not a company and has no parent company, subsidiaries or corporate group. It is a central ministry of the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, sitting within the executive branch alongside the other ministries that make up the Cabinet, which is led by the Prime Minister. The Ministry does, however, have oversight of several statutory bodies established by Bahamian legislation to deliver specific health functions on the Government’s behalf.
Statutory bodies under the Ministry’s oversight
The Public Hospitals Authority, established under the Public Hospitals Authority Act, Chapter 234 of the Statute Law of The Bahamas, and operational since 1999, is a quasi-government statutory body governed by a Board of Directors whose Chairman is appointed by, and accountable to, the Minister of Health and Wellness. The Authority manages Princess Margaret Hospital and Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre in New Providence and Rand Memorial Hospital in Grand Bahama, and has delegated responsibility for National Emergency Medical Services, the Bahamas National Drug Agency, the Materials Management Directorate and the Grand Bahama Health System. Separately, the National Health Insurance Authority, established under the National Health Insurance Act 2003, operates under the Ministry’s policy oversight and administers the National Health Insurance programme, NHI Bahamas, which the Authority’s own reporting describes as having enrolled more than 160,000 Bahamian residents since the programme began in 2017.
Data availability
Partial. The existence and statutory basis of the Public Hospitals Authority and the National Health Insurance Authority are confirmed by official Bahamian Government and agency sources. Internal reporting lines below Board and Authority level are not published in comparable detail to a private-sector corporate structure.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the "Ministry of Health" on file a private company?
No. It is the Ministry of Health and Wellness, a ministry of the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, not a company registered under Bahamian companies legislation.
Why is there no registration number on file for this entity?
Government ministries are not incorporated or registered like companies. The Ministry of Health and Wellness was created and reorganised through machinery-of-government arrangements rather than company registration, so it has no registration number.
What does the on-file incorporation date of 1 January 1973 actually represent?
It falls in the year The Bahamas became independent from the United Kingdom, on 10 July 1973, but it does not correspond to a specific founding instrument for the Ministry. It appears to use the country’s independence year as a generic placeholder rather than a documented date for this entity.
When was the Ministry of Health actually established?
The Bahamian Government’s own agency directory describes the Ministry, in its present ministerial form, as formed in 1969, four years before independence in 1973.
Did a health ministry or department exist in The Bahamas before 1969?
Yes, in predecessor form. Official Government records describe the Department of Public Health, the Ministry’s predecessor agency, as having operated since 1914, during the British colonial administration of The Bahamas.
What is the Ministry’s current official name?
Ministry of Health and Wellness, as used on its official website, mohw.gov.bs, and in the Bahamian Government’s own agency directory at bahamas.gov.bs.
Why does the shareholders section say "Not applicable" instead of "Not public" or "Not found"?
Because the Ministry of Health and Wellness is a government body, not a company. It structurally has no share capital, shareholders or ultimate beneficial owners to disclose, unlike a private company where such data might simply be undisclosed or unpublished.
What does the Ministry of Health and Wellness do?
It plans, supervises, licenses and coordinates healthcare services across The Bahamas, working from a social model of health directed at disease prevention, and it oversees the country’s public hospital and clinic network, primarily through the statutory Public Hospitals Authority.
Who is the current Minister of Health and Wellness?
Dr. the Hon. Michael Ronald Darville, MP for Tall Pines, first appointed on 6 October 2021 and reappointed to the post in the Cabinet sworn in by Prime Minister Philip Davis in May 2026, after the Progressive Liberal Party’s re-election on 12 May 2026.
Who is the Minister of State for Health and Wellness?
Hon. Owen Carlo Benjamin Wells, newly elected Member of Parliament for St James, was sworn in as Minister of State for Health and Wellness in the Cabinet formed in May 2026.
Who is the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Wellness?
Not reliably confirmed as of the retrieval date below. Sources predating the May 2026 general election named a Permanent Secretary in post since 2021, but no authoritative source reviewed for this profile confirms whether that appointment continued after the change of Cabinet.
Does the Ministry of Health and Wellness have a parent company or subsidiaries?
No, not in the corporate sense. It is a central government ministry sitting within the Cabinet of The Bahamas, but it has oversight of statutory bodies, including the Public Hospitals Authority and the National Health Insurance Authority.
What is the Public Hospitals Authority’s relationship to the Ministry?
The Public Hospitals Authority is a statutory body, established under Chapter 234 of the Statute Law of The Bahamas and operational since 1999, whose Board Chairman is appointed by and accountable to the Minister of Health and Wellness. It manages Princess Margaret Hospital, Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre and Rand Memorial Hospital.
Is there a company website on file for this entity?
No website is recorded in the on-file company data, since this is a government ministry rather than a registered company. The Ministry’s official government website is mohw.gov.bs.
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