Cayman’s healthcare landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, marked by expanded services, new facilities and evolving public health priorities.
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From the renaming of the Anthony S. Eden Hospital to major investments by Health Services Authority and Health City Cayman Islands, 2025–2026 has been a defining period. Alongside innovation and growth, the sector also faces rising costs, shifting demographics and ongoing debate over access, equity and long-term sustainability.
The newly renamed Anthony S. Eden Hospital
George Town Hospital Renamed
The main hospital in the Cayman Islands is the Anthony S. Eden Hospital, renamed in 2025 from the Cayman Islands Hospital (or George Town Hospital), thereby honoring Eden’s wide-ranging contributions to healthcare in the Cayman Islands. A somewhat controversial figure in his later years in Parliament, due to his anti LGTBQ+ views, he served the public as health minister for a decade, overseeing the hospital’s completion in 1999.
The move was not without it's dissenters on social media who cited the late minister's prejudicial views on civil partnership. However, the wider community as a whole welcomed the name change, which honours the man who made an extensive and invaluable contribution by moving many facets of the industry forward into the 21st century.
HSA Facilities Grow
In 2025, the Health Services Authority (HSA) worked to transform healthcare in the Cayman Islands, shaping not only how care is delivered, but also how it is experienced.
As the nation’s largest healthcare provider, HSA has made accessibility a defining priority. A major enhancement came through the upgraded patient call centre, which now offers more efficient engagement, shorter wait times, and improved service delivery. These changes, along with higher patient experience standards, contributed to a 90.2% satisfaction rate. Recognition followed, as HSA remains the most awarded entity in the Best of Cayman Islands competition, earning 13 gold and silver wins.
Meeting the needs of a growing population means extending access to care. The HSA urgent care clinic expanded to offer a seven-day service, while physician availability increased at Eastern District clinics, providing residents with more opportunities to seek care at a time that fits their schedule. On the Sister Islands, expanded physician rotations in areas such as oncology and additional specialist services, including paediatrics, brought advanced healthcare closer to home.
The Cayman Islands Pathology Laboratory, located in both Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, once again achieved Joint Commission International (JCI) reaccreditation, demonstrating a continued commitment to the highest diagnostic standards.
HSA’s flagship events, including the Women’s Healthcare Conference, World Cancer Day Symposium, and Continuing Medical Education seminars, brought together healthcare professionals and the public to share knowledge and promote wellness. Career fairs and educational initiatives encouraged aspiring healthcare workers, while raising public awareness of important health topics.
In the Eastern Districts, timely emergency care received a boost with the establishment of a temporary EMS base in Bodden Town, reducing response times. Critical care capacity also grew with the recruitment of key specialists, including a second consultant internist for Faith Hospital in Cayman Brac and a full-time neonatologist, improving patient care and reducing wait times in essential departments.
The Poinciana Rehabilitation Centre, which opened in December 2024 after a long, challenging development process, is Cayman’s first long-term mental health facility. It currently cares for repatriated Caymanians, court referrals and transfers from the main hospital. The centre is now exploring short-term mental health tourism and local respite stays to broaden services and boost revenue.
The new Health City Camana Bay facility
Health City Blossoms in Camana Bay
In the private sector, Health City Cayman Islands, which established a 110-bed hospital in East End in 2014, has opened a new US$100+ million super-specialty hospital in Camana Bay. The new facility features a dedicated cancer care centre, maternity and neonatal intensive care unit, emergency pavilion, critical care unit and emergency, multi-specialty programme, including an expansion on robotic-assisted surgery, which was introduced to the island by Health City for the first time in 2022. In March 2023, the hospital’s Radiation Oncology Centre opened, and gave life-saving treatment to its first patients on May 17th 2023. The new 70,000sq ft hospital and level 1 trauma centre was inaugurated in July of 2024. These new facilities cement Grand Cayman as a medical tourism destination in the Caribbean, being the first in the region to offer bone marrow transplantation, CAR-T cell therapy and a one-of-a-kind neonatal intensive care unit.
In 2025, Health City at Camana Bay unveiled a new obstetrics centre created to deliver outstanding care for mothers and babies, supported by skilled paediatric experts, obstetricians, midwives, and nurses. The hospital offers three modern labour and delivery suites and triage beds, ensuring a comfortable birthing experience. The Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) features four specialised beds for critically ill newborns and one family-integrated care room to facilitate family involvement.
Dart recently announced that a Centre for Health and Wellness is planned for Camana Bay. The new, modern facility is will feature a diverse range of healthcare services, complemented by amenities such as a café and physical wellness offerings.
The Centre for Health and Wellness which is scheduled to open in 2027, will be a centralised hub for medical and wellness services in the Cayman Islands. The five-storey, 110,000-square-foot facility is designed to improve access to care and support a more integrated healthcare experience. Flexible spaces will allow medical and wellness professionals to create environments tailored to their practice.
Give Blood in 2026
Giving blood is not only rewarding but also a vital act of community service, especially in Cayman, where just 3.2% of eligible residents donated in 2024. Adequate blood stores are essential for trauma, maternity, cancer, and surgical care, and with the Islands’ growing population, demand rises each year. To reduce reliance on imports, Cayman must expand its donor base and ensure a constant local supply.
In July 2025, the Health Services Authority (HSA), with major support from Rotary Central Cayman Islands, launched a state-of-the-art Mobile Blood Collection Unit (MBCU) to make donation more accessible. This custom-designed bus brings ongoing blood drives directly to communities across all districts. Fully equipped, it can collect up to six units per hour, accommodate three donors at a time, and features modern chairs, refrigeration, and sanitation systems to maximise safety, comfort and ease, all whilst helping to reduce anxiety about donating blood and boost the local supply.
Other Healthcare News
New vaccine schedule rolls out across Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands has launched a new national immunisation framework that expands protection from pregnancy through adolescence, adopting a more integrated “life-course” approach. Unveiled on 27 April at the Anthony S. Eden Hospital, the updated schedule replaces the previous programme with immediate effect and aligns with evolving global standards and scientific evidence.
Key updates:
- RSV vaccine introduced for pregnant women (28–36 weeks)
- Helps pass antibodies to newborns, reducing severe early-life illness
- Hexavalent infant vaccine updated
- Now includes Hepatitis B
- Given at 2, 4, 6 months + 18-month booster
- Removes need for separate birth dose
- Pneumococcal vaccine reduced
- From 4 doses → 2 doses
- MMR vaccine moved earlier
- First dose now at 12 months
- Meningococcal programme updated
- New formulation targeting adolescents + teenage boosters
- Tuberculosis (TB) vaccine restricted
- Now only for high-risk individuals
More Healthcare News in 2026
Government is also transferring the Public Health Unit from the Health Services Authority to the Ministry of Health, a move designed to strengthen disease surveillance, streamline vaccination programmes and bring health data closer to national policymaking. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hilary Wolf said the updated schedule strengthens early protection, aligns Cayman with modern global standards and reinforces a commitment to safe, effective and evidence-based public health.
Healthcare costs are rising globally, and the Cayman Islands are no exception. Between 2018 and 2023, the government provided CI$246 million in funds to the Health Services Authority (HSA)—a 74% increase over budget—to cover care for civil servants, pensioners, veterans, seamen, and those on needs assessment. The CI Government also faces a long-term liability of CI$2.8 billion for retirees’ healthcare. By 2033, 29% of Caymanians will be over 65. Departing Auditor General Sue Winspear’s March 2025 report entitled ‘Long-Term Financial Sustainability’ noted that spending on overseas tertiary care is consistently underestimated. For instance, the 2024 budget rose from CI$18.6m to CI$39.8m but is expected to top CI$50m. The new National Coalition for Caymanians government has inherited these financial pressures. Interestingly, in 2023 Cayman residents paid US$353m in health insurance premiums while insurers only paid out US$288m in claims.
March 2025 marked the first births at Health City Camana Bay’s new world-class obstetrics facility in Health City’s specially designed maternity and NICU unit, featuring private, fully equipped birthing suites.
In late 2024, the long-delayed Poinciana Rehabilitation Centre opened in East End to provide residential adult mental health services. In 2025, it was placed under a cabinet-appointed advisory council, with a mandate to ensure clinical excellence, accountability, and alignment with community mental health needs. The HSA added a completely separate child mental health wing at the Anthony S. Eden Hospital after an incident compromised a young patient’s safety. The new three-bed facility is located next to, but structurally separate from, the adult unit with its own entrance and amenities. Adult care is now moving primarily to the Poinciana Centre in the interim.
In July 2025, Doctor’s Hospital became one of the Caribbean’s first providers of Donanemab, a breakthrough drug for early dementia and Alzheimer’s. With the latest estimates that around 55 million people currently suffer from dementia worldwide, DHI is delivering this advanced treatment to patients in the hope that the tide of this progressive neuro-degenerative disorder can be turned.
Dialysis patients in West Bay can now receive treatment closer to home with the opening of a new clinical unit at the Health Services Authority’s West Bay Health Centre. The new unit started its operations in August 2025 and is equipped with two advanced B Braun dialysis machines, known for their precision and efficiency, and two comfortable dialysis chairs.
Dental patients in Cayman Brac are benefitting from an advanced diagnostics tool with the installation of a new cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scanner at Faith Hospital. The CBCT provides 3D high-resolution scans allowing for accurate and efficient treatment programmes and is the first on the island.