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Department of Health Annual Performance Plan/Budget: input by Auditor-General & Financial and Fiscal Commission
16 Apr 2015
The officials from the office of the Auditor General outlined the auditing process and proceeded to explain the findings from an interim review that was performed to assess the targets and indicators which the Department of Health, in particular, was using.
The presentation was not well received by the Committee ...
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Medical Research Council, Council for Medical Schemes & Office of Health Standards Compliance on their 2015 Strategic Plans
15 Apr 2015
The South African Medical Research Council, the Council for Medical Schemes and the Office of Health Standards Compliance briefed the Committee on their strategic plans, annual performance plans and budgets.
The South African Medical Research Council’s strategic goals were to administer health research effectively and efficiently, and lead the generation ...
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Compensation Commission for Occupational Diseases on its 2015/16 Strategic & Annual Performance Plan
25 Mar 2015
Within its Strategic Plan, the Compensation Commission for Occupational Diseases (CCOD), detailed legacy issues, achievements, future activities, resources and constraints of the Department. On the matter of legacy, it noted that multiple policy and legal frameworks across the Departments of Labour, Health and Mineral Resources, complicated caring for the welfare ...
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Medical Innovation Bill: Medicines Control Council briefing, in presence of Deputy Minister
11 Mar 2015
The Medicines Control Council (MCC) briefed the Committee on the Medical Innovation Bill and explained, to put the Bill into context, the current legal framework regarding controlled access to cannabis and other drugs. The discussion was centred on the use of cannabis for medical purposes. In South Africa, it is ...
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Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6-2014]: deliberations
11 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee deliberated on all the amended clauses of the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6-2014]. The focus was largely on the definitions of the Bill, with particular emphasis on the inclusion of the policy development advisory function on “foodstuffs and cosmetics” in Clause 1, Section 1(e) and ...
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Traditional and Natural Health Alliance submission on Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill: Department & legal advisors response
4 Mar 2015
The Department of Health and Parliamentary Legal Advisors presented their responses to a further submission, heard in the previous week, from the Traditional and Natural Health Alliance (TNHA). The Department of Health (DoH) clarified the definition of traditional medicine, and how the regulation of the products, practice and profession of ...
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Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6-2014]: Traditional and Natural Health Alliance submission
25 Feb 2015
The Traditional and Natural Health Alliance said that traditional medicine is much safer and healthier than medicine containing drugs. Australia has listed their medicines as either 'registered drugs' or 'listed products' and that their definition of complementary medicine includes herbs, vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, homeopathic and certain aromatherapy under the ...
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Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6-2014]: deliberations
18 Feb 2015
The Committee firstly discussed a request from the Traditional and Natural Health Alliance (TNHA) to make another presentation on the Medicines and Controlled Substances Amendment Bill, since it had been apparent from the last presentation that this body had not understood the nature of the public hearings and had been ...
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Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill: Further responses by Department of Health
26 Nov 2014
The Committee met briefly to continue to hear the responses of the Department of Health (the Department) on the submissions made by different stakeholders during the public hearings on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill.
The Department did not support the proposal that the Chairperson of the Board should ...
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Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill: Response by Department of Health to submissions made during public hearings
19 Nov 2014
The Committee met to hear the comments of the Department of Health (DoH) on the public hearings on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill that took place recently.
The Amendment Bill addressed which types of medicines, in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) and medical devices were regulated, and where these products ...