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Office of the Health Standards Compliance, Office of the Health Ombuds, NHLS & SAHPRA 2017/18 Annual reports
11 Oct 2018
The Office of the Health Standards Compliance (OHSC), Office of the Health Ombuds, National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) and South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) presented their 2017/18 Annual reports.
The OHSC met its target for the year on good cooperate governance by receiving an ...
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Health Sector 2017/18 Annual Report analysis by AGSA & FFC
10 Oct 2018
The Finance and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Auditor-General (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the Health Sector 2017/18 Annual Report.
The FFC reported that human capital management, infrastructure maintenance, supply chain management, health financing, and governance and leadership are the main challenges affecting the health sector. ...
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North West Department of Health status report; Committee Reports: Provincial Hospital Services; KZN Oversight; with Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2018
The North West Department of Health said they had managed to achieve 63% of their performance targets, compared to the 60% achievement in the previous financial year. Challenges which had prevented them from achieving more of their targets were the labour unrest and industrial action that had taken place, the ...
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National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB and STIs: SANAC briefing
5 Sep 2018
The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Health on the National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB and STI for 2017-2022. There has been a lot of successes in the fight against the HIV, TB and STI epidemics such as the number of HIV-related and TB-related ...
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Department of Health Quarter 1 performance
29 Aug 2018
The Department of Health (DOH) presented the first quarter report on its performance and expenditure in implementing its six programmes, and indicated that there had been a general trend of under-spending.
The e-health strategy had been revised, including the introduction of a new tradition where consultations would occur. The ...
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Hospitals: Northern Cape, Limpopo, Free State, KZN Departments of Health
13 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Health met with Northern Cape (NC), Limpopo, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Departments of Health (DoH) to receive presentations on the status of their hospitals, after having received a briefing from the Accountant General on their budget allocations. The meeting also sought answers to questions based ...
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Hospitals: Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape & Gauteng Departments of Health
12 Jun 2018
The report of the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) featured prominently in the meeting, with the Committee wanting to find out what the various provincial departments were doing in response to the OHSC findings. The provincial Departments of Health of Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape and Gauteng pointed out that ...
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Hospitals: Western Cape & Gauteng Departments of Health
6 Jun 2018
The Western Cape and Gauteng provincial Departments of Health briefed the Committee on hospital services in their provinces.
The Western Cape’s long term vision was not to focus on illness, but rather on wellness. It had recognised that health was a function of more than one department and had been ...
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Health facilities inspection findings: Office of Health Standards Compliance 2016/17 report
5 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to discuss the annual inspection report of the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC), which described some of the challenges faced by health establishments (HEs) in the provinces, municipalities and districts across the country.
The presentation focused on the aims of the annual inspection report, the ...
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National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill: adoption
30 May 2018
The Committee met to consider and adopt the National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill. The Bill was discussed clause-by-clause, and amendments were made, where necessary.
Clauses were amended replace “Minister of Health” was replaced with “Cabinet member responsible for health”. Several changes related to ensuring the composition and integrity ...