NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 1633
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 08 MAY 2015
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 13)
Ms L V James (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether each National Health Insurance pilot district has a clinical
specialist team to act as health advisors; if not, why not; if so, what are
the relevant specified details in respect of each pilot district?
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REPLY:
Yes, each of the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts has a
District Clinical Specialist Team (DCST). The Table 1 below reflects the
number of specialist doctors and senior nurses in each category that has
been appointed in each NHI district.
Province |NHI District |Family Physician |Paediatrician |Obstetrician
Gynaecologist |Anaesthetist |Advanced Paediatric Nurse |Advanced Midwife
|Advanced PHC Nurse | |Eastern Cape |OR Tambo |- |- |- |- |- |Yes |Yes |
|Free State |Thabo Mofutsanyane |Yes |Yes |- |- |Yes |Yes |Yes | |Gauteng
|Tshwane |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes | |KwaZulu Natal |Umgungundlovu
|Yes |- |- |- |Yes |Yes |Yes | | |Umzinyathi |- |- |- |- |Yes |Yes |Yes | |
|Amajuba |Yes |- |- |- |Yes |Yes |Yes | |Limpopo |Vhembe |Yes |- |- |- |Yes
|Yes |Yes | |Mpumalanga |Gert Sibande |- |- |Yes |- |Yes |- |Yes | |North
West |Dr Kenneth Kaunda |Yes |Yes |Yes |- |Yes |Yes |Yes | |Northern Cape
|Pixley ka Seme |Yes |Yes |- |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes | |Western Cape |Eden |Yes
|Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes |Yes | |
END.