Health
Medical Research Council, Office of Health Standards, Council for Medical Schemes & National Health Laboratory Services Annual Performance Plan
18 Apr 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Health met with the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC),the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC), the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) and the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) for presentations of their annual performance plans (APPs) and budgets for the 2018/19 financial year.
The Medical ...
Health
SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) Annual Performance Plan; Health Department APP: analysis
17 Apr 2018
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), the Financial Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) briefed the Committee on its analyses of the Annual Performance Plan (APP) and budget of the Department of Health; as well as its performance outcomes. In addition, the South African ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Listeriosis outbreak and recall of certain products by retailers; with Ministers of Trade and Industry & Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry informed the Committees that the Department was the custodian of the Consumer Protection Act, 2008. In November 2017 the Minister of Health had announced that South Africa was experiencing a Listeriosis outbreak caused by bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes. A multi-departmental Task Team was formed ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Bill Subcommittee: regulation of Collecting Societies
28 Mar 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) briefed the Sub-committee of Trade and Industry on matters of copyright in the regulation of collecting societies. The basis for the regulation of collecting societies was well established in the recommendations made in the Copyright Review Commission (CRC) report of 2011, which ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill: finalisation; Choice of Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill: briefing by Ms C Dudley
27 Mar 2018
Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996 [No. 92 of 1996]
The Chairperson presented the National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill [B15-2017] to the Committee. She described it as a very important Bill in the Health sector as it would address and minimise delays in respect of laboratories. She indicated ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill: deliberations
20 Mar 2018
Members of the Portfolio Committee on Health met to receive the proposed amendments to the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Amendment Bill. The proposed amendments redrafted specific clauses in the Bill in a way that would capture the submissions during previous deliberations.
On certain clauses the Department of Health and ...
Health
Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2010/11 & 2011/12 Annual Report
28 Feb 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Health was presented with the 2010/11 and 2011/12 Annual Reports of the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Disease. The Chairperson of the Committee informed Members that the Annual Reports were long overdue, and the Commission had long been promising that it was working on the reports. The ...
Health
Listeriosis outbreak: Minister of Health briefing; Day Zero readiness: Western Cape Department of Health
21 Feb 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Minister of Health on the Department of Health’s strategies in addressing the listeriosis outbreak, whilst the Western Cape Provincial Department of Health briefed the Committee on its readiness for Day Zero.
The Minister said South Africa has been dealing with listeriosis for the past ...
Health
Northern Cape Psychiatric Hospital: progress report; National Public Health Institute of SA Bill: response to submissions
6 Feb 2018
The Northern Cape Departments of Health and Public Works presented a progress report to the Portfolio Committee on Health on the Northern Cape Psychiatric Hospital. The briefing was in response to a call from the Committee to explain the prolonged and delayed project. In addition, the Committee also received a ...
Health
Violence, peace, injury and HIV prevention: research by SA Medical Research Council
8 Nov 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health hosted delegates of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) for a briefing on violence, peace, injury and effort made on combating the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic.
The MRC explained that HIV remained the highest cause of death in South Africa but there was ...