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National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: public hearings day 22; with Deputy Minister
25 Jan 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
NHI: Tracking the bill through Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Health convened virtually to hear four submissions as part of the public hearing process on the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI Bill). Those four presenters were Bonitas, Discovery Health, Polmed and MedScheme. All presenters ...
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Update on Omicron Variant & state of preparedness for fourth wave; with Deputy Minister
1 Dec 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by scientists at the KwaZulu-Natal Research and Innovation Sequencing Platform (KRISP) and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on the new COVID-19 variant, known as Omicron or B.1.1.529, whose detection in South Africa had been announced earlier that week. The ...
Health
Department of Health 2020/21 Annual Report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
19 Nov 2021
The Department of Health (DoH) briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for the 2020/21 financial year.
After the onset of COVID-19 in South Africa, various programmes were affected by disruptions and many of the resources were diverted to fighting the pandemic. By September, the number ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Health 2020/21 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
16 Nov 2021
The National Department of Health briefed the Committee on its 2020/21 Annual Report, highlighting shortcomings within the Department, and targets achieved.
The Department has six programmes. The annual report indicated most of the challenges faced were a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were quite a ...
Health
Department’s response to SIU Digital Vibes Report; with Minister & Deputy Minister
1 Oct 2021
Minister Joe Phaahla: Response to release of investigation report into Digital Vibes communication contract
SIU Report on Digital Vibes
In a virtual meeting, the Department briefed the Committee on its plan of action for responding to the report of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on the Digital Vibes contracts, ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: public hearings day 19, with Deputy Minister
10 Sep 2021
NHI: Tracking the bill through Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee continued with public hearings on the National Health Insurance Bill. Three organisations presented oral submissions.
All the organisations welcomed initiatives to improve access to quality healthcare services and proposed a number of amendments to improve the Bill. ...
Health
Vaccine roll-out programme & acquisition, with Deputy Minister
9 Sep 2021
In this virtual meeting the Portfolio Committee received an update from the Deputy Minister and Department of Health about the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out programme across the country.
The Department of Health presented the progress of the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out programme. The presentation covered vaccine security, vaccination progress and demand ...
Health
Vaccine roll-out programme & acquisition, with Minister & Deputy
24 Aug 2021
In this virtual meeting the Portfolio Committee received an update from the Department of Health and the Ministry about the vaccine roll-out programme, vaccine procurement and communications strategy.
The Minister stated that the uptake by the population group aged 18 to 34 years, since the previous Friday 20 August ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Vaccination roll-out update; with Deputy Minister
17 Aug 2021
Video
Tabled Committee Reports
In this virtual meeting, the new Deputy Minister provided an update about the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations and the opening of additional vaccination sites in the provinces. He noted the concern about the limited uptake amongst the over 35 year population and that more females had ...
Health
Digital Vibes matter: clarification of procedure; KZN & Gauteng visit; Committee minutes
4 Aug 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee considered minutes from meetings held in May, June and July 2021. A number of amendments were made. It was highlighted that some of the Committee Members’ calls to have the Minister step-down and have members of the National Department of Health, involved in ...