2023-w522 - 17 March 2023

Magdalena Duduzile Hlengwa to ask the Minister of Health:

In view of the Republic being a water scarce country leading to water restrictions and supply being imposed on hospitals and clinics around the Republic, creating an unhygienic environment contrary to requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 85 of 1993, and thereby contributing to the spread of infectious diseases, what (a) steps has his department taken to ensure that healthcare facilities have adequate risk assessment plans for water shortages and (b) plans does his department have to mitigate the devastating effects of water cuts at healthcare facilities?

Reply from the Minister of Health: on 17 Mar 2023

(a)-(b) At Primary Health Care level, the department has an Ideal Health Facility tool that is used to determine the number of health facilities that have functional piped water and the number of health facilities that have emergency water supply.

Each health facility is required to have both functional piped water and emergency water supply kept in water tanks connected to the water reticulation ...

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2023-w551 - 17 March 2023

Michéle Odette Clarke to ask the Minister of Health:

Whether he commissioned any studies, investigations and/or evaluations to determine how long it would take to upgrade and/or refurbish the public health sector’s crumbling infrastructure to be ready to implement the National Health Insurance scheme; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) studies, investigations and evaluations and (b) timelines required to get the crumbling infrastructure ready to implement the National Health Insurance scheme NW604E

Reply from the Minister of Health: on 17 Mar 2023

a) The National Department of Health has conducted few studies focusing on the condition assessments of the health facilities in line with the requirements of the Government Immovable Asset Management Act. The studies also covered few recommendations. Firstly, the study recommended that a certain portion of the capital budget for be hospitals must be set aside for the routine maintenance. Secondly, the study recommended ...

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2022-w4541 - 23 December 2022

Magdalena Duduzile Hlengwa to ask the Minister of Health:

Whether, with reference to the process of applications for the establishment of healthcare clinics about which communities have been complaining of submitting applications and never receiving feedback, his department will furnish Ms M D Hlengwa with the details of (a) how applications for healthcare clinics are processed and reviewed, (b) how long after the application is made by a community can the community expect feedback on the success or failure of the application and (c) what mechanisms will his department use to communicate the feedback to applicants? NW5670E

Reply from the Minister of Health: on 23 Dec 2022

The responsibility and process for receiving and reviewing requests and granting permission for new clinics to be developed is with provincial and district health management.

(a) In the case of a private health facility, applications for new facilities are made to the district management. District management then makes a recommendation to a provincial committee and the provincial committee will make a decision based on ...

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2022-w4613 - 23 December 2022

Michéle Odette Clarke to ask the Minister of Health:

(1) What is the (a) total number of acting positions in each hospital in the Republic and (b) breakdown of the specified number in each province; (2) what total number of the acting positions are held by senior staff; (3) what (a)(i) total number of such senior staff have disciplinary processes and/or cases against them and (ii) are the relevant details of the specified cases and (b) disciplinary measures are being taken by his department in this regard? NW5735E

Reply from the Minister of Health: on 23 Dec 2022

The Honourable Member is requested to indicate the levels of the positions she is referring to. The manner in which the question is phrased is very broad as there are many categories and levels.

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2018-w555 - 24 April 2018

Hlengiwe Octavia Mkhaliphi to ask the Minister of Health:

What is the (i) name, (ii) location and (iii) patient capacity of each hospital that does not offer mental health services and (b) what is the reason for this in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Health: on 24 Apr 2018

Section 3(a)(iii) of the Mental Health Care Act of 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002) provides that mental health services must be integrated in the general health services environment, which is clinics and hospitals. In compliance with this provision all hospitals provide mental health services that have been determined for each hospital level.

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2015-w617 - 14 April 2015

Lungiswa Veronica James to ask the Minister of Health:

Whether he has a plan to address the quality of dental care offered to the poor; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

2015-w711 - 14 April 2015

Patrick George Atkinson to ask the Minister of Health:

Does his department have any plans in place to convert the Lenasia South Community Centre into a 24-hour hospital; if not, are there any other plans in place for a 24-hour health facility in Lenasia; if so, when is such conversion set to take place?
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