1. As of 23 May 2016 SASSA had a total of 339 contracted active medical assessors on its database nationally.
(a) The provincial spread of SASSA contracted assessors (doctors) is as below:
Province |
Contracted Doctors |
Eastern Cape |
13 |
Free State |
31 |
Gauteng |
71 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
75 |
Limpopo |
39 |
Mpumalanga |
31 |
Northern Cape |
48 |
North West |
27 |
Western Cape |
4 |
TOTAL |
339 |
(b) 8 doctors have not renewed their contracts.
(c) 14 doctors still have to sign their contracts
2. (a)
Province |
Awaiting Assessment |
Eastern Cape |
0 |
Free State |
3 800 |
Gauteng |
3661 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
7587 |
Limpopo |
2322 |
Mpumalanga |
1755 |
Northern Cape |
150 |
North West |
893 |
Western Cape |
6797 |
TOTAL |
26 965 |
In the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape it should be noted that assessments are largely conducted by the Department of Health doctors and SASSA merely contracts doctors where the Department of Health does not have the capacity to support social assistance disability assessments.
(b) SASSA assessed a total of 660 773 clients for social assistance disability during the 2015/ 2016 financial year, subsequent to them being booked for such assessments with a SASSA contracted medical assessor. The number of total
booked clients currently at SASSA nationally is 26 965 and the number reduces on
daily basis as SASSA conducts assessments continuously. None of the clients will be
booked more than 30 days from the booking date with about 95% to be assessed
within 2 weeks.