The Department indicated that in the past planning was not informed by community needs and therefore resource allocations and the delivery of health infrastructure were not having the desired impact on the health profiles of communities. In particular, the Department had identified a number of inequities in the provision of health services whereby health facilities were found to be concentrated in certain areas whereas other areas had serious deficiencies in this regard. The Department pointed out that its primary concern was on improving the levels of access by all to quality healthcare.