NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 961
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 18 March 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 8)
Mr M Waters (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether his department has adopted a definition for (a) district (level 1),
(b) regional (level 2) and (c) tertiary (level 3) hospitals in terms of (i)
what services should be available and (ii) the norms and standards that
apply at each level; if not, why not; if so, what is the definition for
each level of hospital?
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REPLY:
Yes, currently the Department has health definitions per level of care. The
current definitions are under review and should be approved by the Minister
of Health in the 2011/12 financial.
END.