(1) Whether the Government has engaged the Health Professionals Council of SA (HPCSA) regarding the shortfall of medical practitioners in the country; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether the Government has engaged the HPCSA regarding foreign trained doctors and their assimilation into health services system as soon as possible in order to bridge the shortfall; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?