Health
Department of Health on its 2014/15 annual report
15 Oct 2015
The Department of Health (DoH) presented its Annual Report 2014/15. For the past four years it had obtained an unqualified audit opinion from the Auditor General (AG) and three out of nine provinces obtained an unqualified audit for their 2014/2015 financial year compared to two provincial Departments for the 2013/2014 ...
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Medical Innovation Bill [PMB1-2014]: Central Drug Authority opinion
12 Aug 2015
The Central Drug Authority (CDA) told the Committee it understood that the purpose of the Medical Innovation Bill (MIB) was to make provision for the innovation of cannabinoids in medical treatment and to legalise its use for medical purposes, as well as for commercial and industrial use. It was very ...
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Department of Health on its 4th Quarterly Performance Report
10 Jun 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Health was briefed by the Department of Health on its fourth quarter performance report. Comprehensive details were provided on the six programmes falling within the Department’s portfolio. Major areas covered included the development of a framework for integrated health services, progress with the National Health Insurance ...
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Medical Innovation Bill [PMB1-2014]: Medical Research Council and clinicians' submissions
27 May 2015
Legal and medical researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) and three clinicians made submissions to the Committee on the Private Member's Medical Innovation Bill (the Bill). This Bill essentially proposed the legalisation of alternative treatments, specifically cannabis, for medical use. The first submission highlighted a few problems with the ...
The Public Service Commission (PSC) made a presentation to the Committee on the availability of medicines and medical equipment in three provinces – the Free State, North West and Western Cape -- outlining the problems and successes faced by the provincial departments and the districts in the delivery of services. ...
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Committee Report on Department of Health 2015/16 budget
29 Apr 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Health met to adopt the draft report on the Strategic Plan (2015/16 to 2019/20), Annual Performance Plan92015/16 to 2017/18) and Budget vote 16 of the Department of Health.
The Committee made a number of suggestions for changes to the wording, grammar and typographical errors in the ...
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District hospitals and clinics in Limpopo: Availability of medicines, equipment, role of health district officers: Public Service Commission briefing
22 Apr 2015
The Public Service Commission (PSC) reported to the Committee that in the 2012/13 financial year it had conducted inspections into eight hospitals in six districts in Limpopo and Mpumalanga to investigate the availability of medicines and medical equipment, and the role of district health offices. A PSC Commission had led ...
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Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) on Annual Performance Plan & Strategic Plan 2015
21 Apr 2015
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) presented its Strategic plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget. CMS was created in terms of the Medical Schemes Act 131 of 1998. It regulated the private healthcare industry medical schemes, administrators, brokers and managed care providers. It aimed to protect the interests of the ...
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Department of Health on its Strategic and Annual Performance Plan
17 Apr 2015
The Department of Health (DOH) presented the Strategic and Annual Performance Plans (APP). The main challenges which this Department was working to address included the improvement of audit outcomes, through better administration, improved training of nurses, and the re-launching of effective education campaigns in the fight against HIV and TB, ...
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Department of Health Annual Performance Plan/Budget: input by Auditor-General & Financial and Fiscal Commission
16 Apr 2015
The officials from the office of the Auditor General outlined the auditing process and proceeded to explain the findings from an interim review that was performed to assess the targets and indicators which the Department of Health, in particular, was using.
The presentation was not well received by the Committee ...