NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 91 (oral 40)
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 08 SEPTEMBER 2014
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 11)
Ms B S Masango (DA-Gauteng) to ask the Minister of Health:
What is the shortage of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other health
professionals in the public health sector in each province?
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REPLY:
Refer to Table 1 below.
POSTS FILLED PER OCCUPATIONAL CLASS IN EACH PROVINCE AS ON JUNE 2014
PROVINCE |EC |NW |Gauteng |Free State |WC |KZN |Limpopo |Mpumalanga |NC |
|Occupational Class |Filled |Vacant |Filled |Vacant |Filled |Vacant
|Filled |Vacant |Filled |Vacant |Filled |Vacant |Filled |Vacant |Filled
|Vacant |Filled
|Vacant | |Dental Practitioners |116 |41 |62 |8 |213 |19 |74 |13 |88 |4
|153 |20 |149 |9 |110 |58 |33 |5 | |Dental Specialist |0 |0 |0 |0 |124 |20
|3 |1 |26 |3 |2 |0 |5 |1 |3 |1 |3 |0 | |Dental Therapist |15 |5 |17 |2 |41
|2 |3 |0 |2 |0 |106 |9 |225 |7 |17 |5 |14 |2 | |Dietician & Nutritionist
|112 |70 |73 |6 |229 |38 |66 |23 |91 |2 |187 |28 |247 |13 |123 |41 |52 |23
| |Environmental Health Practitioner |36 |82 |43 |5 |152 |39 |91 |7 |4 |1
|157 |116 |158 |1 |127 |45 |32 |7 | |Medical Practitioner |1520 |453 |689
|112 |2931 |658 |525 |252 |1403 |118 |2854 |433 |1043 |91 |864 |380 |386
|112 | |Medical Specialist |196 |82 |108 |41 |2056 |356 |438 |144 |1402 |86
|1213 |365 |60 |2 |71 |53 |33 |9 | |Nursing Assistants |5450 |1148 |2807
|258 |7033 |478 |1977 |869 |3982 |149 |6255 |647 |5441 |54 |1845 |334 |919
|127 | |Occupational Therapist |110 |89 |55 |12 |307 |55 |71 |27 |133 |11
|223 |28 |258 |4 |91 |40 |56 |17 | |Optometrist & Optician |8 |5 |5 |0 |37
|1 |9 |6 |2 |0 |58 |8 |123 |5 |6 |2 |1 |1 | |Oral Hygienist |18 |4 |9 |0
|62 |7 |8 |2 |34 |7 |46 |4 |37 |1 |14 |4 |1 |1 | |Pharmacist |635 |353 |220
|27 |938 |141 |438 |323 |889 |65 |749 |130 |402 |20 |334 |124 |141 |54 |
|Physiotherapist |142 |91 |83 |13 |198 |40 |81 |37 |143 |8 |309 |38 |211
|14 |86 |57 |60 |20 | |Professional Nurse |10234 |3451 |4561 |484 |12142
|1971 |2626 |465 |5082 |310 |16128 |1774 |8585 |162 |4964 |1141 |1307 |376
| |Clinical Psychologist |56 |31 |37 |6 |226 |60 |43 |8 |83 |8 |207 |30
|119 |6 |31 |16 |16 |5 | |Radiographers |356 |89 |130 |21 |655 |127 |198
|32 |452 |25 |575 |91 |155 |3 |123 |53 |102 |18 | |Speech & Hearing
Therapists |61 |38 |23 |4 |156 |49 |17 |18 |57 |9 |133 |27 |87 |2 |50 |39
|30 |8 | |Staff Nurse |3160 |439 |941 |134 |6264 |832 |819 |835 |2583 |126
|10698 |1431 |4037 |107 |1722 |371 |219 |54 | |* Source Vulindlela - June
2014
Provinces may only fill vacancies if they have sufficient funding.