The Committee was informed that the Department of Health was undertaking an audit of its 4200 facilities nationwide, and of this amount, a total of 3 370 facilities had already been audited. This was a comprehensive audit that looked at everything ranging from clinics to hospitals, assessing the state of services provided and the state of the infrastructure. In this regard, provinces were required by the National Department of Health to align their allocations of the conditional grants towards addressing challenges identified during this audit. The National Department of Health committed to share the outcomes of the audit at the earliest opportunity.