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Public health facilities inspections: Public Service Commission briefing
9 Nov 2016
The Public Service Commission (PSC) briefed the Committee on the outcome of its inspection to selected health facilities. The aim of the PSC inspection is to assess the quality of services to the public, the state of facilities and the conditions at service sites. The main objective of the inspection ...
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Health Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Portfolio Committee on Health met to discuss the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report that had been drafted for the Department of Health. The bulk of the meeting was mostly correcting grammatical errors which were made on the draft report. Members ...
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Department of Health & Office of Health Standards Compliance on their 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister present
13 Oct 2016
The Office Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) and the Department of Health presented their Annual Reports. Some of the points discussed are as follows:
The OHSC was congratulated for receiving an unqualified audit opinion and Members were proud of the Office and its performance, given that it is new. Committee members ...
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National Health Laboratory Services & Council for Medical Schemes on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
12 Oct 2016
The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) and the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) presented their annual reports to the Portfolio Committee on Health.
The NHLS announced the appointment of a permanent CEO, and said new board had been appointed during the 2015/16 financial year by the Minister. ...
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National / Provincial Health Departments audits: Auditor General & FFC input; Medical Research Council on its 2015/16 Annual Report
11 Oct 2016
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) presented on the audit outcomes of the health sector for the 2015/16 financial year. There had been a slight improvement in the audit findings for the provincial health departments, but the Limpopo and North West provinces had regressed in their performance. The major ...
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Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases challenges: Minister of Health and Commissioner's briefings
7 Sep 2016
The Minister of Health and the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases briefed the Committee on the background to and historic and current challenges with the CCOD. There were substantial legacy challenges from 1912 onwards, which arose partially from the discriminatory systems and legislation, but the Department of Health, which had ...
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Department of Health on its 4th quarter 2015/16 report, in presence of Minister
31 Aug 2016
The Committee was briefed on the 2015/16 fourth quarter report and the Conditional Grants expenditure in the Department of Health (NDOH), in the presence of the Minister, who also gave input and answered some questions from the Committee. Programme 1 dealt with the administration of the Department of Health. Performance ...
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Human resources & community health workers: Eastern Cape, Free State; Northern Cape; Infrastructure projects; Financial management; Ideal Clinic Initiative - pm
17 Aug 2016
The Portfolio Committee met with three provincial health departments – from the Eastern Cape, Free State and Northern Cape – to be briefed on human resources, with an emphasis on community health workers; infrastructure projects; financial management, particularly on issues that had been raised by the Auditor General and their ...
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Human resources & community health workers: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West; Infrastructure projects; Financial management; Ideal Clinic Initiative
16 Aug 2016
Documents awaited: Gauteng Department of Health presentation
The Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and North West provincial Departments of Health presented on the respective audit findings and interventions, the ideal clinic initiative, and the community health workers’ human resources challenges within their provinces.
They outlined the steps which they had undertaken to address the ...
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Committee Report on Health Budget
5 May 2016
The Committee’s report on the Annual Performance Plan of the Department of Health, its entities and budget vote 16 was carefully considered by Members. Most of the issues identified for correction were minor.
The report was adopted by Mr A Mahlalela (ANC) and seconded by Mr A Shaik Emam (NFP). ...