There are six rural health clinics which are visited regularly by the doctors, dentist, and community nurses.
[3] In 2006, the service had a portable x-ray machine, a Siemens ultrasound and a retinal camera.
[5] From 2017, the Saint Helena Airport makes transport much faster and enables fast air evacuation of serious cases.
Costs for primary care for the local population, and emergency treatment for UK residents are modest, and rise to a maximum of £183.95 (2016 scale) for surgery.
The British Government's Department for International Development provides support and advice to the St Helena government and produced a report on Cost-effective Delivery of Specialist Medical Services to the St. Helena Population in 2006.