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NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Health 2021/22 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
14 Mar 2023
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services met jointly on a virtual platform with the Department of Health (DoH) to receive a briefing on its annual report for 2021/22. The Department provided an overview of its performance in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccination ...
Health
NHI Bill: Health Minister's response to comments
17 Nov 2022
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Minister of Health gave a response to concerns raised during the NHI Bill public hearings and by Committee members in deliberations.
Committee members expressed differing views about the Minister's response. ANC Members welcomed the presentation as the NHI ...
Health
Department of Health Annual Report 2021/22; with Minister
14 Oct 2022
The Committee convened a virtual meeting to consider the Department of Health’s 2021/22 Annual Report. The Department received a qualified audit opinion, achieved 62% of targets and incurred irregular expenditure amounting to R61.4 million during this period.
The Minister said the Department went through a difficult period as ...
Health
Covid-19 Vaccines, Health regulations, Monkeypox, Operations backlog; with Ministry
28 Sep 2022
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Health 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister
17 May 2022
The Annual Performance Plan for the 2022/23 financial year is presented by the National Department of Health (NDOH) detailing some of its key responsibilities in monitoring at the provincial department level. The overall budget is R64.5 billion with 86% transferred to support provinces, across-the-board communicable diseases, support for vaccination ...
Health
Department of Health 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister & Deputy Minister
22 Apr 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Health (the Committee) in the National Assembly convened in a virtual meeting for a briefing by the National Department of Health on the Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Budget for the 2022/23 financial year.
A budget of R64.5 billion was allocated to the National ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister of Health on Executive undertakings
21 Apr 2022
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings held a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Department of Health on implementing undertakings about the Covid-19 vaccination programme made in the National Council of Provinces by the Deputy President in March 2021.
The Minister of ...
Health
Regulations relating to the surveillance and the control of notifiable medical conditions, with Minister
14 Apr 2022
Draft Regulations relating to the Surveillance and Control of Notifiable Medical Conditions
In this virtual meeting, Minister of Health and the Department briefed the Portfolio Committee on proposed amendments to the Health Regulations relating to the surveillance and the control of notifiable medical conditions. The Department noted that there ...
Health
NHI Bill: DoH response to public submissions, with Minister & Deputy; CCOD 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan
29 Mar 2022
NHI: Tracking the bill through Parliament
The Department of Health responded to some of the criticisms against the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, including concerns about the proposed governance arrangements for the NHI Fund, which will purchase healthcare services from accredited public and private sector ...
Health
Department of Health 2020/21 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
19 Nov 2021
The Department of Health (DoH) briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for the 2020/21 financial year.
After the onset of COVID-19 in South Africa, various programmes were affected by disruptions and many of the resources were diverted to fighting the pandemic. By September, the number ...