Health
Committee Reports on SAHRC Report + State of Health Care services in country
1 Nov 2017
Documents handed: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Health on the state of health care services in South Africa. [The Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Members of the Portfolio Committee on Health met to adopt its report on the state of health care services in South ...
Health
Committee Reports on Mental Health & National Health Laboratory Services oversight
25 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health met to adopt its report the Committee’s report on the presentations made to it by seven Provincial Departments of Health: Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. It also adopted its report on the oversight visit made by ...
Health
Health Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
18 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health met to adopt its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) which covered the Department of Health and its entities. Members raised a number of grammatical amendments and changes to be effected to editing of the Report. There was discussion on sources of information in ...
Health
NHLS, Office of Health Standards Compliance + Council for Medical Schemes 2016/17 Annual Report
4 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
The National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) was not represented by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Finance Officer as they were suspended and disciplinary hearings would commence this month. They were suspended alongside the Internal Audit Manager, Supply Chain Manager and the facilities managers. The ...
Health
National and Provincial Health Departments: Auditor-General + FCC input, Medical Research Council Annual Report
3 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee of Health was briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Health (DOH) and its entities; and provincial departments of health. The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) also briefed the Committee on the budgets, spending patterns and recommendations to ...
Health
Minister on Public Health Facilities Ministerial Task Team report; Health Department Quarter 1 performance
14 Sep 2017
The meeting involved the presentation of the National Department of Health’s (NDoH’s) performance report for the first quarter of the 2017/18 financial year, using the benchmarks of its strategic and action plan and focusing on the achievements and the challenges that the Department had experienced during this period.
The major ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill (Cannabis guidelines): briefing; National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill: NEHAWU briefing
13 Sep 2017
The Director General of the Department of Health introduced the Medical Innovation Bill on Cannabis Guidelines. South Africa was a signatory to the 1961 Convention on the Control of Narcotic Substance and cannabis was highly controlled, but the Convention allowed for any country to utilise narcotics should there be a ...
Health
SAHRC Report on KZN Oncology Services: Minister of Health & KZN Department of Health response
6 Sep 2017
The Minister of Health and the Member of the Executive Committee responsible for the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Health Department were invited to report back and clarify the issues raised in the presentation by the South African Human Right Commission (SAHRC) on the inadequate care provided to cancer patients in the province. ...
Finance Standing Committee
Health Promotion Levy (Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill): discussion
5 Sep 2017
National Treasury, together with the Beverage Association of South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, South African Sugar Association and the Healthy Living Alliance, gave an update on ongoing engagements between government and the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) on the Health Promotion Levy (HPL).
National ...
Health
KZN State of Health Services: SAHRC briefing
23 Aug 2017
The SA Human Rights Commission presented its “KZN Oncology” Report to the Committee following a complaint from Dr Imraan Keeka, Democratic Alliance Member of the KZN Provincial Legislature. The complaint was based on lack of health care services to oncology patients in the KZN province. Following investigation, the Commission established ...