Health
Department of Health & Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2017/18 Annual Reports, with Minister & Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2018
The Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases reported an increase in benefits as 1 April 2018 and a decrease in levies, which had resulted in a significantly lower surplus. The audited financial statements had moved from being a disclaimer opinion to a revenue qualification by the Auditor General ...
Health
Medical Research Council & Council for Medical Schemes 2017/18 Annual Reports
16 Oct 2018
The South African Medical Research Council presented its Annual Report for the 2017/18 financial year. The Council confirmed that its work was guided by the burden of diseases and presented to Members data on the leading causes of death in South Africa as at 2012. The Council ...
Health
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 ...
Health
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. ...
Health
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 ...
Health
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 ...
Health
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 ...
Health
Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill [B34-2017]: Bill rejected
9 May 2018
The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill, tabled by Ms C Dudley (ACDP) as a Private Member’s Bill, was considered and rejected by the Committee. The Committee was unanimous in the view that the Bill was fatally flawed, not practical and would place huge financial burden on the Department ...
Health
Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill: briefing; National Public Health Institute of South Africa Bill
2 May 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Health met to deliberate on the National Public Health Institute of South Africa (NAPHISA) Bill, and to receive the response from the National Department of Health (NDoH) on the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill.
Amendments were proposed to a few clauses of ...
Health
Committee DOH Budget Report
25 Apr 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Health were concerned at the inconsistencies between the Committee’s Budget Report and the Department of Health’s (DOH’s) annual performance plan (APP) on the implementation and objectives of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme. They cautioned against changing the meaning of the DOH presentation and ...