2023-w2575 - 22 September 2023

Kenneth Leonard Jacobs to ask the Minister of Health

What is the progress in building an integrated national health information system that will enable any healthcare institution to access patients' medical records from anywhere in the Republic in order to improve patient care in preparation for the National Health Insurance system?

Reply from the Minister of Health on 22 Sep 2023

  • Building a uniform and integrated a National Health Information System (NHIS) which caters for both the current public and private health sectors for the purposes of National Health Insurance is complex and requires a standardised approach. The Department has, over the past few years, worked on the development of the backbone and technology platform to enable the development and implementation of the National Health ...
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2023-w2660 - 22 September 2023

Michéle Odette Clarke to ask the Minister of Health

(1)With reference to the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the Meeting of the Parties (COP) to the Protocol being held in November 2023 in Panama as well as the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control AFRO (AFRO) regional meeting, which is taking place in Rwanda from 23 to 27 October 2023, what are the details of the (a) size and (b) composition of the delegation from (i) her department and (ii) public sector entities reporting to him; (2) what is the total cost estimate and breakdown thereof for the delegation in terms of (a) research, (b) training, (c) policy formulation, (d) travel and (e) subsistence; (3) whether the costs are being funded fully by his department; if not, (a) which external parties have provided funding and (b) what total amount; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Health on 22 Sep 2023

(1) (a) and (b) In response to the meeting to be held in Panama, the Department has not yet decided on the size of the Delegation (no decision has been taken about a delegation due to cost containment). South Africa has not rectified the Illicit trade protocol and therefore does not participate in MOP.

(i) The Department is not aware of a meeting taking ...

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2023-w2661 - 22 September 2023

Michéle Odette Clarke to ask the Minister of Health

(1)With reference to the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organisation (WHO) framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the Meeting of the Parties (COP) to the Protocol being held in November 2023 in Panama as well as the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control AFRO (AFRO) regional meeting, taking place in Rwanda from 23 to 27 October 2023, (a) what is the Government’s position and/or mandate of the delegations in relation to the COP, MOP and AFRO agendas and (b) which policy and/or other legislative document support and/or inform this mandate; (2) (a) what is the delegations’ mandate on combustible cigarettes and (b) which policy and/or other legislative document support and/or inform the mandate; (3) (a) what is the mandate of the delegations on non-combustible nicotine products and (b) which policy and/or other legislative document support and/or inform the mandate; (4) (a) what is the mandate of the delegations on harm-reduction policies, technologies and evidence-led scientific findings and (b) which policy and/or other legislative document support and/or inform this mandate?

Reply from the Minister of Health on 22 Sep 2023

(1) (a) The Department has not yet finalised its position on the various agenda items.

(b) The countries mandate is based on the latest scientific evidence and country policy decisions

(2) (a) The Department has not yet finalised its position on various agenda items.

(b) The countries mandate is based on the latest scientific evidence and country policy decisions.

(3) (a) The Department has ...

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2023-w2555 - 22 September 2023

Michéle Odette Clarke to ask the Minister of Health

What steps will his department take to address the brain drain of medical professionals to foreign countries, which is an apparent rebellion against the Government’s proposed National Health Insurance?

Reply from the Minister of Health on 22 Sep 2023

The department has noted media reports regarding apparent rebellion against the Government’s proposed National Health Insurance. Brain drain of health personnel in search of a better standard of living and life quality, higher salaries, access to advanced technology and more stable political conditions in different places worldwide is a common global phenomenon.

As long ago as 1998 Weiner, Mitchell, Price published findings that data ...

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2023-w2577 - 22 September 2023

Xiaomei Havard to ask the Minister of Health

What is the status of improving (a) mental health facilities and (b) health education programmes in rural and township communities?

Reply from the Minister of Health on 22 Sep 2023

(a) The Mental Health Care Act 2002, (Act No 17 of 2002) (the Act) prescribes adherence to human rights principles in rendering mental health services which includes humane and fit for purpose facilities. Furthermore, the Act prescribes integration of mental health into the general health services environment. The Department has made strides in improving mental health facilities to comply with the human rights prescripts ...

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2023-w2616 - 22 September 2023

Thapelo Mogale to ask the Minister of Health

(a) What are the reasons that his department did not settle the R500 000 compensation that was agreed to be paid to the family of Thobeka Jantjies (details furnished), (b) what steps will he take to ensure that the matter is resolved and (c) by what date will the matter be (i) attended to and (ii) finalised?

Reply from the Minister of Health on 22 Sep 2023

According to the Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Health, the

a) On or about the 11th day of June 2013, the Eastern Cape Department of health made a conditional offer of R 500 000. 00 as a full and final settlement without admission of liability. The offer was made purely on humanitarian grounds. The following factors have been advanced:

  • The stipulated time on the offer ...
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2023-w2615 - 22 September 2023

Thapelo Mogale to ask the Minister of Health

Which health facilities has he found account for the most medico-legal claims in each province?

Reply from the Minister of Health on 22 Sep 2023

The following table reflects the details in this regard:

Table 1.

NAME OF THE PROVINCES

HEALTH FACILITIES HAS HE FOUND ACCOUNT FOR THE MOST MEDICO-LEGAL CLAIMS IN EACH PROVINCE?

Eastern Cape

1. Livingstone Hospital

 

2. Frere Hospital

 

3. Mthatha Regional Hospital

 

Free State

1. Pelonomi Regional Hospital

 

2. Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli Regional Hospital

 

3. Bongani Regional Hospital

 

Gauteng ...

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2023-w2608 - 22 September 2023

Naledi Nokukhanya Chirwa to ask the Minister of Health

(a) What is the current waiting list of (i) surgeries and (ii) backlog in the hospitals in Mpumalanga and (b) how does his department plan to address the ongoing shortage of surgeons in the specified province?

Reply from the Minister of Health on 22 Sep 2023

(a) (i) and (ii) The following table reflects the details in this regard

a) What is the current waiting list of

 

Hospital

(i) Surgeries

(ii) backlog in the hospitals in Mpumalanga

 

General Surgery

Gynae

Cataract

Paediatric

Orthopaedic

 

Rob Ferreira

170

0

1900

110

0

2180

Witbank

204

0

1710

0

54

1968

Mapulaneng

70

0

63

0

13

146

Themba

180 ...

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2023-w2607 - 22 September 2023

Naledi Nokukhanya Chirwa to ask the Minister of Health

(a) What are the reasons that over 100 clinics in Mpumalanga do not have visiting doctors, (b) how do the patients who use the specified health facilities get the attention of doctors, (c) what steps has his department taken to address the situation, (d) by what date will it be a normal occurrence that patients at all 100 clinics have access to a visiting doctor, (e) what are the names of the clinics in Mpumalanga that do not have visiting doctors and (f) in which wards are they located?

Reply from the Minister of Health on 22 Sep 2023

According to Mpumalanga provincial department of health:

(a) There are 62 clinics out of 294 clinics in Mpumalanga that do not have visiting doctors because of difficulty to recruit and retain doctors.

(b) Patients who use the specified health facilities and those who needs to be seen by the doctors are referred to the nearest referral hospital, since the Primary Health Care services are ...

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2023-w2526 - 22 September 2023

Vuyolwethu Zungula to ask the Minister of Health

(1)Whether his department intends building a clinic at Smith’s Mine outside Barkly West (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, what are the (a) relevant details and (b) time frames; (2) whether his department has recorded the number of communities that are still without any healthcare facilities 30 years into democracy in the Republic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Health on 22 Sep 2023

According to the Northern Cape Provincial Department of Health, the Frank Smith Diamond Mine is situated 65 km northwest of Kimberley on the farm Frank Smith No HV37, in Dikgatlong Local Municipality (Barkly West area). The population for Smith’s Mine is approximately ±200-300 residents.

These residents are serviced by a mobile clinic from Dikgatlong.

Due to the population size the area will continue to ...

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