Health
Healthcare Market Inquiry Report: briefing by Competition Commissioner
11 Mar 2020
The Competition Commission released the Healthcare Market Inquiry (HMI) Final Findings and Recommendations Report on 30 September 2019. It looked at the level of competition in private healthcare in South Africa to diagnose the factors that prevent, distort or restrict competition. It considered incentives that drive market behaviours, the rewards ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Proposals and recommendations from Subcommittee on Review of Assembly Rules (incl chapter 9 office-bearers)
26 Nov 2019
NA Rules
RSA Constitution
Rules Committee Agrees on Draft Rules to Regulate Removal of Office Holders of Institutions Supporting Democracy
The National Assembly Rules Committee adopted draft rules to regulate the removal of office bearers and commissioners of Institutions Supporting Constitutional Democracy (ISDs) – the heads of Chapter Nine institutions. ...
Health
Health Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
Members of the Committee discussed the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) of the Department of Health and its entities. A few matters were raised around some of the recommendations of the Report. This included concerns around the independence of the Office of ...
Health
Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan
16 Oct 2019
The Compensation Commission for Occupational Diseases briefed the Committee on its 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan.
The Commission updated MPs on the backlog in the submission of annual reports. The entity submitted its 2012/13 and 2013/14 annual reports to Parliament during the 2018/19 financial year. The CCOD has obtained the draft ...
Health
DoH, NHLS & SAHPRA 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister & Deputy Minister
15 Oct 2019
The Committee was convened for presentations from the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS), the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) and the national Department of Health (NDoH) on their annual performance reports and financial information for 2018/19.
The NHLS said that overall it had achieved ...
Health
Health Sector 2018/19 Annual Reports, with AGSA, SAMRC, and FFC input
10 Oct 2019
Four entities of the Department of Health – the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), the Office of the Health Ombudsman (OHO), the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) and the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) -- presented their annual reports to the Committee.
The SAMRC provided ...
Health
Department of Health audit outcomes: AGSA, DPME & FCC input
9 Oct 2019
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) briefed the Committee on the provincial and national Department of Health spending patterns. The FFC said that as Health is a concurrent function across three spheres of government, this often creates coordinated planning problems. Inter-governmental fiscal review (IGFR) issues in the Health system include: ...
Health
NHI Bill public hearings programme; Auditor General expanded mandate
19 Sep 2019
NHI: Tracking the Bill through Parliament
Auditor General South Africa capacitated the Committee on the mandate of the Auditor General, its prior limitations and the implications of the new powers given in the Public Audit Amendment Act which came into operation on 1 April 2019. These would give the AG ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Institutions Supporting Democracy office-bearers: procedure for removal; Subcommittee Report on Physical removal of Members from Chamber; Sub Judice Rule review
10 Sep 2019
The Committee met to discuss a number of rule amendments but, primarily, to determine a procedure for the removal of office-bearers of Institutions Supporting Democracy.
The Committee determined that a process to remove an office-bearer should not be entered into lightly and it could not be because ...
Health
CCOD, OHSC, SAHPRA on their Mandates & Annual Performance Plans 2019/20
4 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD), the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) and the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) on their mandates and annual performance plans for 2019/20. The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy also joined in the deliberations ...