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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 ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: public hearings day 21
8 Dec 2021
NHI: Tracking the bill through Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee held public hearings on the National Health Insurance Bill. Three organisations made oral submissions: the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM), South African Disability Alliance (SADA) and South African Federation for Mental Health (SAFMH). All three organisations supported ...
Health
National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: public hearings day 20
1 Dec 2021
NHI: Tracking the bill through Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee held 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 to all South Africans and proposed a number of amendments to ...
Health
Health BRRR
24 Nov 2021
2021 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to adopt its 2020/21Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the 2020/21 annual performance of the heath portfolio. The report was adopted with amendments.
The Committee discussed a range of matters related to the performance ...
Health
SAHPRA, MRC & NHLS 2020/21 Annual Report
12 Nov 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received briefings from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) on their annual reports for the 2020/21 financial year.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority ...
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
SAHPRA on Covid-19 vaccine licensing, vaccine efficacy rates and latest vaccine research; Report on oversight to KZN & Gauteng to assess recent unrest
1 Sep 2021
In this virtual meeting the Committee received a briefing from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority on the COVID-19 vaccines and adopted the reports of the Committee’s oversight visits to KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, that assessed the impact of the unrest on health infrastructure and the ...
Health
Election of Chairperson; NHI: public hearings day 18
31 Aug 2021
NHI: Tracking the bill through Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Health elected its Chairperson and continued with the public hearings on the National Health Insurance Bill. Dr K Jacobs (ANC) was nominated unopposed as Chairperson. He accepted the nomination and was declared Chairperson of the Committee.
Concerns were raised about ...