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  • 2022-w2443 - 15 September 2022
  • Minister of Health 15 Sep 2022 answer

    1. According to the data drawn from the PERSAL System dated 31 July 2022, the tables below indicate the vacancy rate per province:

    a) Psychologist

    Total Vacant Posts

    (1) Vacant Posts for (a) psychologists

     

    ECP

    FSP

    GAU

    KZN

    LIM

    MPU

    NDoH

    NWP

    NCP

    WCP

    Vacant Posts

    CHIEF PSYCHOLOGIST

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    PRINCIPAL PSYCHOLOGIST

    0

    1

    0

    2

    0

    0

    0

    0

    2

    3

    8

    PSYCHOLOGIST (COMMUNITY SERVICE)

    3

    0

    18

    8

    0

    0

    0

    8

    0

    7

    44

    PSYCHOLOGIST (INTERN)

    1

    0

    30

    5

    1

    0

    0

    2

    0

    15

    54

    PSYCHOLOGIST

    18

    12

    31

    23

    1

    1

    0

    5

    4

    62

    157

    Grand Total

    22

    13

    79

    38

    2

    1

    0

    15

    6

    87

    263

    Total % of vacant posts

    (1) Vacant Posts % for (a) psychologists

     

    ECP

    FSP

    GAU

    KZN

    LIM

    MPU

    NDoH

    NWP

    NCP

    WCP

    Vacancy rate %

     

    %

    %

    %

    %

    %

    %

    %

    %

    %

    %

     

    CHIEF PSYCHOLOGIST

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    PRINCIPAL PSYCHOLOGIST

    0.00

    16.67

    0.00

    20.00

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    100.00

    50.00

    16.67

    PSYCHOLOGIST (COMMUNITY SERVICE)

    60.00

    0.00

    35.29

    47.06

    0.00

    0.00

    0.00

    61.54

    0.00

    0.00

    37.00

    PSYCHOLOGIST (INTERN)

    7.69

    0.00

    35.29

    29.41

    10.00

    0.00

    0.00

    33.33

    0.00

    11.76

    25.63

    PSYCHOLOGIST

    25.35

    50.00

    15.98

    27.71

    1.92

    4.35

    0.00

    11.11

    22.22

    23.46

    19.15

    Grand Total

    24.44

    28.26

    22.64

    29.69

    2.70

    4.17

    0.00

    22.73

    28.57

    21.62

    21.92

    b) Psychiatrics

    Due to the limited information on PERSAL System regarding occupation classifications and job titles the data as required is unavailable. The National Department has since requested the information from Provincial Departments of Health and awaits responses.

    c) Therapists (All categories of Therapist)

    Total Vacant Posts

    (1) Vacant Posts for (c) Therapist

     

    ECP

    FSP

    GAU

    KZN

    LIM

    MPU

    NWP

    NDoH

    NCP

    WCP

    Grand Total

    CHIEF DENTAL THERAPIST

     

     

     

    4

     

    1

     

     

    1

     

    6

    CHIEF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

    7

    3

     

    8

     

     

    1

     

    1

    2

    22

    CHIEF PHYSIOTHERAPIST

    2

    2

    4

    3

    1

     

    1

     

    1

     

    14

    CHIEF SPEECH THERAPIST AND AUDIOLOGIST

    1

     

    1

    1

     

     

     

     

     

     

    3

    CHIEF SPEECH THERAPIST

     

    1

     

    3

     

     

    1

     

     

     

    5

    DENTAL THERAPIST

    4

    1

    6

    10

    1

    1

     

     

     

     

    23

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR:SPEECH THERAPIST & AUDIOLOGIST L11

    15

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    15

    HEALTH THERAPIST

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    0

    OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

    44

    8

    50

    30

    4

    6

    12

     

    14

    19

    187

    OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST (COMMUNITY SERVICE)

    4

    1

     

    27

    1

    1

    5

     

     

    1

    40

    PHYSIOTHERAPIST (COMMUNITY SERVICE)

    15

    1

    1

    27

    1

    2

    4

     

     

     

    51

    PHYSIOTHERAPIST

    37

    12

    17

    31

    2

    5

    9

     

    11

    13

    137

    SPEECH THERAPIST (COMMUNITY SERVICE)

    1

     

    1

    22

     

    1

    1

     

     

    2

    28

    SPEECH THERAPIST AND AUDIOLOGIST (COMMUNITY SERV)

    18

    4

    7

    1

    1

    2

     

     

     

     

    33

    SPEECH THERAPIST AND AUDIOLOGIST

    26

    2

    5

    1

    2

     

    3

     

    1

     

    40

    SPEECH THERAPIST ASSISTANT

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    0

    SPEECH THERAPIST

     

    9

    5

    16

     

    3

    2

     

    2

    4

    41

    Grand Total

    174

    44

    97

    184

    13

    22

    39

    0

    31

    41

    645

    Total % of vacant posts

    (1) Vacancy rate for (c) Therapists

    Row Labels

    ECP

    FSP

    GAU

    KZN

    LIM

    MPU

    NWP

    NCP

    WCP

    Vacancy rate %

    CHIEF DENTAL THERAPIST

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    57.1

    0.0

    50.0

    0.0

    100.0

    0.0

    28.6

    CHIEF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

    63.6

    15.0

    0.0

    22.2

    0.0

    0.0

    12.5

    50.0

    10.0

    13.7

    CHIEF PHYSIOTHERAPIST

    18.2

    28.6

    8.0

    5.2

    7.7

    0.0

    11.1

    50.0

    0.0

    8.1

    CHIEF SPEECH THERAPIST AND AUDIOLOGIST

    20.0

    0.0

    5.0

    16.7

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    8.6

    CHIEF SPEECH THERAPIST

    0.0

    50.0

    0.0

    27.3

    0.0

    0.0

    25.0

    0.0

    0.0

    18.5

    DENTAL THERAPIST

    30.8

    50.0

    16.2

    20.0

    3.7

    7.1

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    14.5

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR: SPEECH THERAPIST & AUDIOLOGIST L11

    55.6

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    55.6

    HEALTH THERAPIST

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

    32.6

    22.2

    20.2

    29.4

    4.3

    9.1

    24.0

    34.1

    13.0

    20.6

    OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST (COMMUNITY SERVICE)

    7.7

    3.4

    0.0

    28.7

    8.3

    3.4

    16.7

    0.0

    7.7

    11.0

    PHYSIOTHERAPIST (COMMUNITY SERVICE)

    22.4

    3.3

    1.1

    23.3

    6.3

    6.5

    9.5

    0.0

    0.0

    11.4

    PHYSIOTHERAPIST

    23.3

    26.7

    8.7

    16.9

    1.5

    6.1

    14.5

    28.9

    8.6

    13.0

    SPEECH THERAPIST (COMMUNITY SERVICE)

    50.0

    0.0

    4.5

    35.5

    0.0

    4.8

    12.5

    0.0

    28.6

    21.2

    SPEECH THERAPIST AND AUDIOLOGIST (COMMUNITY SERV)

    48.6

    26.7

    15.6

    100.0

    11.1

    25.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    26.0

    SPEECH THERAPIST AND AUDIOLOGIST

    38.2

    66.7

    6.5

    9.1

    3.3

    0.0

    37.5

    14.3

    0.0

    15.0

    SPEECH THERAPIST ASSISTANT

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    0.0

    SPEECH THERAPIST

    0.0

    64.3

    11.6

    30.8

    0.0

    37.5

    13.3

    40.0

    10.5

    22.8

    Grand Total

    29.5

    22.8

    10.1

    22.9

    3.3

    7.4

    14.9

    19.9

    9.5

    15.8

    2. (a)(i)(ii)(iii), (b) Due to the limited information on PERSAL System regarding occupation classifications and job titles the data as required is unavailable. The National Department has since requested the information from Provincial Departments of Health and awaits responses.

    END.

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