a) The dates of finalisation and the implementation of the plan to establish a whistle-blowing protection and risk assessment and mitigation in the procurement system within the health sector could not be confirmed yet as the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is still in the process of workshopping provinces to assess their risks and development strategies to mitigate the identified risks in ...
According to the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS):
a) The Forensic Chemistry Laboratory has done one Fentanyl test since 01 January 2023.
b) The one test that was done was positive.
END.
According to the Northern Cape Department of Health, Betty Gaetsewe Clinic has seven Professional Nurses, sufficient to run the facility according to Workload Indicator for Staffing Needs(WISN) prescripts. On the day of the incident, 22 February 2024, which may have left an impression that patients’ are turned away, three professional nurses were booked off sick. In addition another nurse was out in the field ...
The Table below reflects the details in this regard, according to the Provincial Departments of Health.
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PROVINCE |
Part 1 - CASES OF CORRUPTION |
Part 2 - INVESTIGATIONS PROCESS |
Part 3 - OPENING OF CRIMINAL CASES |
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Eastern Cape |
a) number of cases is fifteen (15) b) amount of funds have been lost has not yet been quantified. |
a) consequence management
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1. (a) Total amount outstanding for 2023/24 financial year on accruals sits at R210,711,150.55;
(b) More than 30 Days to over 121 Days.
2. 357 suppliers have not been paid within the prescribed requirement of 30 days.
END.
The Table below reflects the details in this regard, according to the Provincial Departments of Health:
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PROVINCE |
RESPONSE |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
1. (a)
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The following information is as received from the provinces.
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PROVINCES |
a) TOTAL AMOUNT OF ACCRUALS OUTSTANDING |
b) AGEING - PERIOD THE AMOUNT BEEN OUTSTANDING IN EACH CASE |
(C)TOTAL NUMBER OF SERVICE PROVIDERS NOT PAID WITHIN THE REQUIRED 30-DAY PERIOD 2023/2024 |
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R THOUSAND |
2022/23 FY |
2023/24FY (29 FEB 2024) |
2022/23 FY |
2023/24 FY |
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Eastern Cape |
R4, 764, 773 |
R5,132,000 |
Current: R1, 626, 945 More ... |
a) According to the NHLS,
(i) the FCLs do not have toxicologists specifically appointed in their establishments. Instead, FCLs have analytical chemists who also perform the toxicology analyses. They are known as Forensic Analysts and are able to do toxicology tests because they possess and use the same skills / equipment to do the work as a toxicologist would do.
(ii) Analysts employed at ...
The National Department of Health requested the Minister of Public Service and Administration to consider a request for strengthening the NHI Branch of the department on 16 May 2022.
On 2 June 2022, the Minister of Public Service and Administration approved the creation of 44 new technical positions for the NHI Programme in the Department.
The posts were advertised in the media (Sunday Times) ...
1. The table below reflects vacancy rates as provided by provinces with the Nurses being a consolidated rate across the 3 different categories of nurses (namely: Professional, Registered and Assistant).
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PROVINCIAL VACANCY RATES (%) |
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Category |
EC |
FS |
GP |
KZN |
LP |
MP |
NC |
NW |
WC |
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Medical Officers |
15.0 |
23.7 |
11.4 |
4.9 |
20.37 |
9.62 |
15.2 |
22.0 |
5.85 |
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Nurses |
9.0 |
26.5 |
11.2 |
11.2 |
2.96 |
8.0 |
17.4 |
39.0 ... |