2 Presentations 2.1 National Treasury The National Treasury outlined an overview of provincial departments of health's spending as at 31 December 2009. The National Treasury reported that the overall spending was R66.5 billion as at the end of the third quarter of the 2009/10 financial year out of a total of R86.2 billion of the total adjusted budget. The National Treasury further reported that there was a projected over-spending of R5.8 billion, mostly on personnel expenditure. Furthermore, the National Treasury reported that the provincial departments of Health of Mpumalanga and Free State had under- spent. In addition, the National Treasury reported that the provincial health sector had been under pressure as a result of compensation of employees. The provincial departments of health which experienced the biggest pressures were Eastern Cape (the worst affected), Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal.