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Department of Health + Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2016/17 Annual Report
10 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Health concluded its Budget Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) process with presentations by the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD) and the National Department of Health (NDOH) on their annual performance for the past financial year.
The inability of the CCOD to provide ...
Health
NHLS, Office of Health Standards Compliance + Council for Medical Schemes 2016/17 Annual Report
4 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
The National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) was not represented by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Finance Officer as they were suspended and disciplinary hearings would commence this month. They were suspended alongside the Internal Audit Manager, Supply Chain Manager and the facilities managers. The ...
Health
National and Provincial Health Departments: Auditor-General + FCC input, Medical Research Council Annual Report
3 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee of Health was briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Health (DOH) and its entities; and provincial departments of health. The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) also briefed the Committee on the budgets, spending patterns and recommendations to ...
Health
Minister on Public Health Facilities Ministerial Task Team report; Health Department Quarter 1 performance
14 Sep 2017
The meeting involved the presentation of the National Department of Health’s (NDoH’s) performance report for the first quarter of the 2017/18 financial year, using the benchmarks of its strategic and action plan and focusing on the achievements and the challenges that the Department had experienced during this period.
The major ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill (Cannabis guidelines): briefing; National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill: NEHAWU briefing
13 Sep 2017
The Director General of the Department of Health introduced the Medical Innovation Bill on Cannabis Guidelines. South Africa was a signatory to the 1961 Convention on the Control of Narcotic Substance and cannabis was highly controlled, but the Convention allowed for any country to utilise narcotics should there be a ...
Health
Health impacts of coal plants
8 Sep 2017
Various stakeholders from different communities came before the Committee to register their concerns as it related to health, agriculture, sanitation, water and environmental issues confronting community members in local areas where mines were built. The presenters indicated that in terms of the range of impacts linked to air pollution, most ...
Health
SAHRC Report on KZN Oncology Services: Minister of Health & KZN Department of Health response
6 Sep 2017
The Minister of Health and the Member of the Executive Committee responsible for the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Health Department were invited to report back and clarify the issues raised in the presentation by the South African Human Right Commission (SAHRC) on the inadequate care provided to cancer patients in the province. ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Mpumalanga oversight visit [All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Joint Oversight Report was adopted with amendments that included comments made by the members of the Portfolio Committee of Women in the Presidency, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality Quarter 1 performance
5 Sep 2017
Still basking in the glory of Women’s Month and being showered with compliments, it was a good encounter for the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) briefing the Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency. Not having the clout it should, as a Constitutionally Established Body, was a major concern. The ...
Health
KZN State of Health Services: SAHRC briefing
23 Aug 2017
The SA Human Rights Commission presented its “KZN Oncology” Report to the Committee following a complaint from Dr Imraan Keeka, Democratic Alliance Member of the KZN Provincial Legislature. The complaint was based on lack of health care services to oncology patients in the KZN province. Following investigation, the Commission established ...