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NHLS COVID-19 test backlogs; Life Healthcare & Netcare COVID-19 state of readiness
10 Jun 2020
Video: JM: PC on Health and Select Committee on Health and Social Services, 10 JUNE 2020
Audio: NHLS strategy to deal with Covid-19 test results and backlogs; Life Healthcare Group & Netcare on state of readiness for Covid-19
Presentation on readiness of Netcare hospitals for COVID-19 pandemic (awaited)
The National ...
Health
COVID-19 Response update by Health Ministry/Department; Committee Report on Health Budget
28 May 2020
Health
Department of Health Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget: AGSA analysis and assessment
13 May 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Health, 13 May 2020
Audio: Department of Health Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget: AGSA analysis and assessment
The Portfolio Committee on Health convened a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Office of the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the performance plan ...
Health
COVID-19 Update & Government Response: Minister & Department briefing
27 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
Schedule of Services to be phased in as per COVID-19 Risk Adjusted Strategy
President Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa's response to Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
The Portfolio Committee on Health met jointly with the Select Committee on Health and Social ...
Health
COVID-19 Update: Minister of Health briefing
10 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
The Portfolio Committee on Health convened an online audio conference (via Microsoft Teams) to be briefed by the Minister and his team on the progress the Department and South Africa as a whole were making in the global pandemic of ...
Health
Healthcare Market Inquiry Report: briefing by Competition Commissioner
11 Mar 2020
The Competition Commission released the Healthcare Market Inquiry (HMI) Final Findings and Recommendations Report on 30 September 2019. It looked at the level of competition in private healthcare in South Africa to diagnose the factors that prevent, distort or restrict competition. It considered incentives that drive market behaviours, the rewards ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Pilot Evaluation; Coronavirus response; with Minister & Deputy Minister
4 Mar 2020
Watch: Minister’s briefing on coronavirus
NHI: Tracking the Billthrough Parliament
The Minister spoke about the Coronavirus and noted that the common influenza caused more deaths than the Coronavirus. Currently 81 countries are exposed to the virus. Preparations are currently in place to return 151 South Africans who are in ...
Tourism
Coronavirus & implications for tourism sector: Chinese Consul-General briefing; National Registrar of Tourist Guides on compliance with legislation & other programmes
25 Feb 2020
The Committee met jointly with the Portfolio Committee on Health to get a briefing from the Consul- General of the People’s Republic of China on the impact of the Coronavirus and its implications on the tourism sector.
The Consul-General provided lawmakers with a snapshot of the timelines from when the ...
Health
Health Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
Members of the Committee discussed the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) of the Department of Health and its entities. A few matters were raised around some of the recommendations of the Report. This included concerns around the independence of the Office of ...
Health
Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan
16 Oct 2019
The Compensation Commission for Occupational Diseases briefed the Committee on its 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan.
The Commission updated MPs on the backlog in the submission of annual reports. The entity submitted its 2012/13 and 2013/14 annual reports to Parliament during the 2018/19 financial year. The CCOD has obtained the draft ...