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Health
Nursing colleges reopening & curriculum
5 Dec 2018
The Committee was briefed by the National Department of Health (NDoH) on its state of readiness to implement the new nursing curriculum and training programmes in 2020. Pertinent issues raised included the progress made by the Department in rolling out the new curriculum, and how it intended to address the ...
Health
High Level Panel recommendations: Minister of Health briefing
21 Nov 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.
Transport
Department of Transport Quarter 1 & 2 Performance; Committee Report on RABS Bill
20 Nov 2018
The Committee considered and adopted its Committee Report on the Road Accident Benefit Scheme. However, there was a moment of critical and heated debate between the Chairperson and the opposition due to disagreements about what should be included in the Committee Report as the minority views. The matter was put ...
Health
High Level Panel Recommendations for Health Sector: Prof Shisana briefing
7 Nov 2018
The Committee was briefed by Professor Olive Shisana, Head of the High Level Panel (HLP), on the state of the health sector in South Africa, and the challenges faced with the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme.
She said those with the worst access to health care were ...
Health
Committee Report on KwaZulu-Natal oversight
31 Oct 2018
The Committee discussed the report on its oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) from August 14 to 17, which listed the health facilities which had been visited, and the successes and challenges encountered at each. The observations and findings covered matters involving human resources, infrastructure, laundry services, high teenage pregnancies in ...
Transport
Road Accident Benefit Scheme Bill: final proposed amendments
30 Oct 2018
The Department of Transport took the Committee through the working draft of the Road Accident Benefit Scheme clause by clause noting all the proposed amendments that had been effected for its approval. Members agreed to the proposed amendments and there were no substantive changes proposed and effected further. DoT also ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Election of chairperson
24 Oct 2018
The Committee elected Ms C Ncube-Ndaba (ANC) to chair the Committee.
At the next meeting, the Committee intends to consider a draft competency framework, a draft advertisement for vacancies and a draft programme.
The Committee agreed to schedule meetings on Wednesday’s.
Health
Health Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
24 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
After lengthy deliberation and numerous amendments to its draft BRR report, the Committee adopted the final document. Chief among the issues discussed were the following:
Stronger, more action-oriented and consequent management driven recommendations should henceforth be the rule of thumb when the ...
Health
Department of Health & Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2017/18 Annual Reports, with Minister & Deputy Minister
17 Oct 2018
The Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases reported an increase in benefits as 1 April 2018 and a decrease in levies, which had resulted in a significantly lower surplus. The audited financial statements had moved from being a disclaimer opinion to a revenue qualification by the Auditor General ...
Health
Medical Research Council & Council for Medical Schemes 2017/18 Annual Reports
16 Oct 2018
The South African Medical Research Council presented its Annual Report for the 2017/18 financial year. The Council confirmed that its work was guided by the burden of diseases and presented to Members data on the leading causes of death in South Africa as at 2012. The Council ...