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Office of the Health Standards Compliance, Office of the Health Ombuds, NHLS & SAHPRA 2017/18 Annual reports
11 Oct 2018
The Office of the Health Standards Compliance (OHSC), Office of the Health Ombuds, National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) and South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) presented their 2017/18 Annual reports.
The OHSC met its target for the year on good cooperate governance by receiving an ...
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Health Sector 2017/18 Annual Report analysis by AGSA & FFC
10 Oct 2018
The Finance and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Auditor-General (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the Health Sector 2017/18 Annual Report.
The FFC reported that human capital management, infrastructure maintenance, supply chain management, health financing, and governance and leadership are the main challenges affecting the health sector. ...
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North West Department of Health status report; Committee Reports: Provincial Hospital Services; KZN Oversight; with Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2018
The North West Department of Health said they had managed to achieve 63% of their performance targets, compared to the 60% achievement in the previous financial year. Challenges which had prevented them from achieving more of their targets were the labour unrest and industrial action that had taken place, the ...
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National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB and STIs: SANAC briefing
5 Sep 2018
The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Health on the National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB and STI for 2017-2022. There has been a lot of successes in the fight against the HIV, TB and STI epidemics such as the number of HIV-related and TB-related ...
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Hospitals: Northern Cape, Limpopo, Free State, KZN Departments of Health
13 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Health met with Northern Cape (NC), Limpopo, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Departments of Health (DoH) to receive presentations on the status of their hospitals, after having received a briefing from the Accountant General on their budget allocations. The meeting also sought answers to questions based ...
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Hospitals: Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape & Gauteng Departments of Health
12 Jun 2018
The report of the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) featured prominently in the meeting, with the Committee wanting to find out what the various provincial departments were doing in response to the OHSC findings. The provincial Departments of Health of Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape and Gauteng pointed out that ...
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Hospitals: Western Cape & Gauteng Departments of Health
6 Jun 2018
The Western Cape and Gauteng provincial Departments of Health briefed the Committee on hospital services in their provinces.
The Western Cape’s long term vision was not to focus on illness, but rather on wellness. It had recognised that health was a function of more than one department and had been ...
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National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill: Portfolio Committee amendments
23 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee addressed amendments to the National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill. The first matter was the request of the Portfolio Committee to incorporate environmental health in the Bill, but the concern was that there would be overlap with the Office of the Health Standards Compliance (OHSC).
Parliamentary ...
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Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill [B34-2017]: Bill rejected
9 May 2018
The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill, tabled by Ms C Dudley (ACDP) as a Private Member’s Bill, was considered and rejected by the Committee. The Committee was unanimous in the view that the Bill was fatally flawed, not practical and would place huge financial burden on the Department ...
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Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill: briefing; National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill
2 May 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Health met to deliberate on the National Public Health Institute of South Africa (NAPHISA) Bill, and to receive the response from the National Department of Health (NDoH) on the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill.
Amendments were proposed to a few clauses of ...