NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 87
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04 March 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 06)
Mrs N R Rasmeni (ANC-NW) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether, with regard to the revitalisation of hospitals, any progress has
been made with regard to (a) infrastructure improvements and/or
developments, (b) human resources capacity in the health sector and (c)
management capacity to manage health care institutions; if not, why not; if
so, what progress in each case?
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REPLY:
a) The National Department of Health is revitalising health facilities
through conditional grants. One of the conditional grants is Hospital
Revitalisation Grant. To date 18 hospitals are fully revitalised and
commissioned. The table below listed information regarding the
completed hospitals.
|Province |Name of Hospital |
|Â |Â |
|Eastern Cape |Dr Milizo Mphehle in Tsolo |
|Eastern Cape |Madzikane Ka Zulu |
|Eastern Cape |Fronteir Eye Clinic |
|Â Eastern Cape |Â St Patrickâs phase 1 |
|Gauteng |Mamelodi |
|Gauteng |Chris Hani Baragwanath phase 1 |
|Limpopo |Lebowakgomo |
|Limpopo |Jane Furse |
|Limpopo |Dilokong |
|Limpopo |Nkhensani |
|Mpumalanga |Piet Retief |
|Northern Cape |Colesburg |
|Northern Cape |Calvinia |
|Northern Cape |Barkly West (Prof ZK Matthews) |
|North West |Swartruggens |
|North West |Moses Kotane |
|North West |Vryburg |
|Western Cape |George Hospital |
(b) & (c) A draft national Human Resources for Health strategy has been
developed and placed on the web site of the Department of Health
(www.doh.gov.za) for public comment. The strategy includes an
assessment of current and projected capacity for different
categories of health worker in the health system and proposals
for interventions to assist in strengthening this capacity at
all levels in the system. Consultations on the strategy and plan
for human resource capacity development in the health sector
will be finalized in September 2011, after which the strategy
and plan will be finalized and released.
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