Health
Medical Research Council, Office of Health Standards, Council for Medical Schemes & National Health Laboratory Services Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Health met with the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC),the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC), the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) and the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) for presentations of their annual performance plans (APPs) and budgets for the 2018/19 financial year.
The Medical ...
Health
SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) Annual Performance Plan; Health Department APP: analysis
17 Apr 2018
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), the Financial Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) briefed the Committee on its analyses of the Annual Performance Plan (APP) and budget of the Department of Health; as well as its performance outcomes. In addition, the South African ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill: deliberations
20 Mar 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Health met to receive the proposed amendments to the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Amendment Bill. The proposed amendments redrafted specific clauses in the Bill in a way that would capture the submissions during previous deliberations.
On certain clauses the Department of Health and ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill: deliberations
7 Mar 2018
The Committee deliberated on the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) Amendment Bill. The national Department of Health (DOH), along with Parliamentary Legal Services, was present to answer questions on proposed amendments.
The Committee debated the removal of section 7(d) under Substitution of section 7 of Act 37 of 2000 – ...
Health
Listeriosis outbreak: Minister of Health briefing; Day Zero readiness: Western Cape Department of Health
21 Feb 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Minister of Health on the Department of Health’s strategies in addressing the listeriosis outbreak, whilst the Western Cape Provincial Department of Health briefed the Committee on its readiness for Day Zero.
The Minister said South Africa has been dealing with listeriosis for the past ...
Health
Northern Cape Psychiatric Hospital: progress report; National Public Health Institute of SA Bill: response to submissions
6 Feb 2018
The Northern Cape Departments of Health and Public Works presented a progress report to the Portfolio Committee on Health on the Northern Cape Psychiatric Hospital. The briefing was in response to a call from the Committee to explain the prolonged and delayed project. In addition, the Committee also received a ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill: rejection; Department of Health Quarter 2 performance
22 Nov 2017
The Medical Innovation Bill, initially tabled by the late Dr Mario Oriani-Ambrosini as a Private Member’s Bill to legalise the use of cannabis for medical purposes and for beneficial commercial and industrial uses, was considered and rejected by the Committee. This was because the introduction of the Medical Innovation Bill ...
Health
Cannabis Guidelines: Medicines Control Council briefing; Medical Innovation Bill: adoption
15 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health met to hear a briefing by the Medicines Control Council (MCC) on the cannabis guidelines, as well as to consider and vote on the Medical Innovation Bill.
The MCC’s report compared the provisions of the Medicines and Related Substances Act with the proposals included in ...
Basic Education
Learner Pregnancies: Basic Education, Social Development, Health Departments briefing
14 Nov 2017
The Committee heard that there are varying statistics on learner pregnancies because departments source their information from different places. The General Household Survey is used by Stats South Africa. The Department of Health only collects data from the deliveries of young girls under the age of 18 in health facilities. ...
Health
Violence, peace, injury and HIV prevention: research by SA Medical Research Council
8 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health hosted delegates of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) for a briefing on violence, peace, injury and effort made on combating the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic.
The MRC explained that HIV remained the highest cause of death in South Africa but there was ...