The medical schemes regulator has taken the shock decision to terminate the services of all but three of the senior managers reporting to its CEO, it emerged on Thursday.

The hollowing out of the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) raises questions about its capacity to oversee the R160bn industry, which provides cover to 8.9-million people, or 15.6% of the population...

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