Chair, the Nkandla community, like many communities in rural areas, does not have adequate health services. The initiatives that we have introduced, including the National Health Insurance system, have put in place programmes to deal with this matter and if the focus is on services to these communities, we can attest to the fact that all the clinics and health facilities in the country have been audited.
The issues of access and of quality have also been documented and the national department has already established the facility improvement and service improvement teams that are covering the whole country. These teams are working with district managers and provincial teams to improve infrastructure.
This includes building new clinics and facilities, and in areas where we cannot build immediately we will ensure that there are mobile services. The teams have also looked at the availability of doctors, nurses and health professionals, including the district specialist teams that Minister Motsoaledi has announced here. The team will also look at introducing integrated school health programmes as well as establishing municipal-ward- based health teams. We can assure you that we are working with the provincial health departments to ensure that we extend services to all communities throughout South Africa, including rural communities, rather than a particular rural community. [Applause.]
Number of toilets and houses delivered as a result of work done by consultants
441. Mrs G M Borman (ANC) asked the Minister of Human Settlements:
How many (a) toilets and (b) houses have been delivered as a result of work done by the 26 consultants hired at a cost of R91 million, as specified in his department's 2011-12 annual report?