According to the information received from the Kwazulu-Natal Provincial Department of Health-
a) There has been no further allocation towards compensation of employees (COE) for us to address actual vacancies of nurses in the Province, However, to ensure that there are minimal disruption of services, the Provincial Department has introduced several interventions to address the shortage of health workers in health facilities and this amongst others includes –
(b) (i) There were no budget adjustment instead the Department is experiencing further budget cuts.
(ii) As mentioned above on b(i), no budget adjustments were made.
(c) (i) The total number of nurses vacancies in KwaZulu-Natal is currently 6 435 details as per the table below:
SPECIFIED RANKS |
TOTAL |
Nursing Assistants |
1011 |
Professional Nurses |
3086 |
Staff Nurses |
2338 |
Grand Total |
6435 |
(ii) Measures put in place by the KwaZulu Natal Provincial Department of Health .
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