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Health Care Services for the Mentally Ill: North West DoH; Public Hospitals audit: OHSC Briefing
15 Mar 2017
The North West Provincial Department of Health reported to the Committee on the state of health care services for mentally ill patients in the light of recent events at Life Esidimeni in Gauteng. The report looked at the number of beds available versus the needs of the patients, the type ...
Health
Health Care Services for the Mentally Ill: Free State & Limpopo Departments of Health
14 Mar 2017
The Free State Department of Health presented on the state of mentally ill patients in the province. The private facilities that provided mental health care services were mainly based in the Mangaung District. A district mental health specialist team was appointed to enhance integration and implementation of mental health care ...
Health
National Burden of Disease Study: SA Medical Research Council briefing
8 Mar 2017
The South African Medical Research Council's unit on National Burden of Disease (NBD) presented its report on the second National Burden of Disease Study and comparative risk assessment research. The Unit has a mandate to assess and monitor the country's health status and determinants of disease. It aims to improve ...
Health
Health Care Services for the Mentally Ill: Eastern & Western Cape Departments of Health
7 Mar 2017
The Eastern Cape and the Western Cape provincial departments of health reported on the state of health care services for mentally ill patients, in the light of the recent events at Life Esidimeni in Gauteng. The reports provided the number of beds available versus the demand for beds, type of ...
Health
Health Sector Report: briefing by Auditor-General
1 Mar 2017
The Office of the Auditor-General presented the Health Sector report to the Committee. It provided information which had the potential of empowering the Committee during its oversight functions by focusing on key areas of service delivery. The report was based on findings of audits conducted in selected hospitals from the ...
Health
Deaths of mentally ill patients in Gauteng: Health Ombud report and Minister's response; with Deputy Minister present
15 Feb 2017
Document outstanding: Overview of Transferred Psychiatric patients from Life Esidimeni Centre to various NGOs in Gauteng
The Minister of Health introduced the Health Ombud who had been requested to investigate the 94+ mentally ill patients who died between 23 March and 19 Dec 2016 in Gauteng. The Minister had also ...
Finance Standing Committee
Taxation of Sugar Sweetened Beverages: public hearings
14 Feb 2017
Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA) said that in Tembisa, a township in Johannesburg, it was easy to access sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) where advertising for SSBs was at every corner. It could no longer be ignored what multinationals were doing. Almost all schools had their names written on Coca Cola SA billboards; ...
Health
Nursing Strategy: Chief Nursing Officer progress report; Nigerian delegation meeting
30 Nov 2016
The first part of the meeting was an interaction between a delegation of the Nigerian Parliament led by Senator Olarenwaju Tejuosho, Chairman of the Nigerian Senate Committee on Health. It was explained that the Nigerian Assembly is divided into a Senate (the upper house) and House of Representatives, and the ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill: Department of Health input
23 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Health on the Medical Innovation Bill of 2014. This Bill, which originated from the private Member's Bill by the late Dr Oriano-Ambrosini, provides for innovation in medical treatment, legalising the use of cannabinoids for medical purposes and legalising commercial and industrial ...
Health
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 ...