(a) General practitioners (i) nationally and (ii) in each province:
PRACTICE_FIELD |
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REGISTER_NAME |
PROVINCE |
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER |
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER - Restricted Practice |
Grand Total |
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER |
Eastern Cape |
2,513 |
24 |
2,537 |
|
ex SWA |
45 |
|
45 |
|
Foreign |
473 |
1 |
474 |
|
Free State |
1,186 |
18 |
1,204 |
|
Gauteng |
9,669 |
41 |
9,710 |
|
Kwa Zulu Natal |
5,582 |
21 |
5,603 |
|
Limpopo |
1,480 |
23 |
1,503 |
|
Mpumalanga |
1,457 |
25 |
1,482 |
|
North West |
1,076 |
23 |
1,099 |
|
Northern Cape |
610 |
36 |
646 |
|
UNKNOWN |
2 |
|
2 |
|
Western Cape |
5,939 |
5 |
5,944 |
|
Province n/a |
383 |
2 |
385 |
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER Total |
|
30,415 |
219 |
30,634 |
(b) Specialist medical personnel (i) nationally and (ii) in each province:
Grand totals for all Specialities and all Sub-subspecialties
PRACTICE_FIELD |
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REGISTER_NAME |
PROVINCE |
SPECIALIST |
SUBSPECIALIST |
Grand Total |
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER |
Eastern Cape |
797 |
80 |
877 |
|
ex SWA |
37 |
1 |
38 |
|
Foreign |
344 |
27 |
371 |
|
Free State |
634 |
70 |
704 |
|
Gauteng |
5,534 |
853 |
6,387 |
|
Kwa Zulu Natal |
2,415 |
348 |
2,763 |
|
Limpopo |
259 |
14 |
273 |
|
Mpumalanga |
330 |
9 |
339 |
|
North West |
267 |
18 |
285 |
|
Northern Cape |
139 |
9 |
148 |
|
UNKNOWN |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Western Cape |
3,698 |
625 |
4,323 |
|
Province n/a |
162 |
25 |
187 |
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER Total |
|
14,618 |
2,080 |
16,698 |
(c) Surgeons and (d) Paediatricians (i) nationally and (ii) in each province; -
S P E C I A L I T Y |
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REGISTER_NAME |
PROVINCE |
NEURO- SURGERY |
PAEDIATRICS |
PAEDIATRIC SURGERY |
SURGERY |
Grand Total |
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER |
Eastern Cape |
12 |
87 |
5 |
73 |
177 |
|
ex SWA |
1 |
3 |
|
|
4 |
|
Foreign |
2 |
27 |
1 |
15 |
45 |
|
Free State |
13 |
64 |
4 |
47 |
128 |
|
Gauteng |
107 |
575 |
27 |
404 |
1,113 |
|
Kwa Zulu Natal |
41 |
279 |
11 |
245 |
576 |
|
Limpopo |
5 |
44 |
|
15 |
64 |
|
Mpumalanga |
7 |
28 |
|
22 |
57 |
|
North West |
5 |
25 |
|
14 |
44 |
|
Northern Cape |
2 |
15 |
|
7 |
24 |
|
UNKNOWN |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Western Cape |
59 |
402 |
15 |
281 |
757 |
|
Province n/a |
3 |
15 |
|
13 |
31 |
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER Total |
|
257 |
1,564 |
63 |
1,137 |
3,021 |
2. The current population for the Country is 60 604 087 as at March 2023. The table below provide the ratio breakdown per occupational category to the population.
|
3. The table below provide a breakdown of (a) doctors, and (c) psychologists who registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) since 1 January 2013
NB (b) Nurses do not register with the HPCSA.
Doctors
PRACTICE_FIELD |
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REGISTER_NAME |
ORIGIN |
CAT_FROM_ YEAR |
General Practitioners |
SPECIALIST |
SUB SPECIALIST |
Grand Total |
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER |
SOUTH AFRICAN |
2013 |
1,249 |
486 |
77 |
1,812 |
|
|
2014 |
1,244 |
497 |
100 |
1,841 |
|
|
2015 |
1,344 |
670 |
94 |
2,108 |
|
|
2016 |
1,333 |
700 |
72 |
2,105 |
|
|
2017 |
1,105 |
541 |
99 |
1,745 |
|
|
2018 |
1,418 |
519 |
87 |
2,024 |
|
|
2019 |
1,528 |
583 |
73 |
2,184 |
|
|
2020 |
1,583 |
423 |
95 |
2,101 |
|
|
2021 |
1,874 |
625 |
83 |
2,582 |
|
|
2022 |
2,339 |
654 |
83 |
3,076 |
|
|
2023 |
1,947 |
179 |
26 |
2,152 |
|
SOUTH AFRICAN Total |
|
16,964 |
5,877 |
889 |
23,730 |
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER Total |
|
|
16,964 |
5,877 |
889 |
23,730 |
psychologists |
CAT_FROM_YR |
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REGISTER_NAME |
PRACTICE_FIELD |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Grand Total |
PSYCHOLOGIST |
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
113 |
101 |
150 |
156 |
114 |
108 |
116 |
134 |
73 |
102 |
50 |
1,217 |
|
COMMUNITY SERVICE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
87 |
155 |
146 |
118 |
108 |
124 |
119 |
74 |
99 |
99 |
50 |
1,179 |
|
COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY |
47 |
51 |
49 |
41 |
52 |
65 |
67 |
54 |
63 |
63 |
9 |
561 |
|
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY |
51 |
70 |
47 |
62 |
62 |
74 |
54 |
48 |
73 |
67 |
22 |
630 |
|
INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY |
98 |
116 |
125 |
127 |
121 |
89 |
115 |
95 |
125 |
88 |
15 |
1,114 |
|
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59 |
30 |
36 |
4 |
129 |
|
RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGY |
19 |
13 |
25 |
20 |
18 |
7 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
14 |
1 |
144 |
|
(blank) |
38 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39 |
PSYCHOLOGIST Total |
|
453 |
507 |
542 |
524 |
475 |
467 |
482 |
472 |
471 |
469 |
151 |
5,013 |
END.