Question NW1621 to the Minister of Health
29 November 2019 - NW1621
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health
(1)What total number of (a) clinics and (b) hospitals are in the Northern Cape; (2) what total number of (a) doctors and (b) nurses are employed at each (i) hospital and (ii) clinic; (3) (a) who received the contract to build and/or upgrade the Good Hope Clinic and (b) how far is the building/upgrade of the clinic?
Reply:
1. (a) 161 clinics based on the Ideal clinic database (on the software) and
(b) 14 hospitals based on the regulation relating to categories of hospitals 2012 in the Northern Cape province.
2. (a) (i) Total doctors employed in hospitals in Northern Cape as at end October 2019
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Medical Officer employed in Hospital as at October 2019 |
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Northern Cape |
Medical Officer |
54 |
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Medical Officer (Community Service) |
17 |
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Medical Specialist |
1 |
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Northern Cape Total |
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72 |
(ii) Total doctors employed in clinics in Northern Cape as at end October 2019
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Medical Officers employed in Clinics as at October 2019 |
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Northern Cape |
Medical Officer |
1 |
b) (i) Total nurses employed in hospitals in Northern Cape as at end October 2019
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Nurse Professionals employed in Hospital as at October 2019 |
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Northern Cape |
Assistant Manager Nursing (Head Nursing Service) |
3 |
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Clinical Nurse Practitioner (Prim H Care) |
3 |
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Nursing Assistant |
168 |
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Operational Manager Nursing (General) |
11 |
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Operational Manager Nursing (Primary H Care) |
1 |
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Operational Manager Nursing (Speciality Unit) |
4 |
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Professional Nurse |
250 |
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Professional Nurse ( Speciality Nursing) |
37 |
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Professional Nurse (Community Service) |
29 |
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Staff Nurse |
64 |
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Northern Cape Total |
570 |
(ii) Total nurses employed in clinics in Northern Cape as at end October 2019
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Nurse Professions employed in Clinics as at October 2019 |
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Northern Cape |
Staff Nurse |
37 |
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Assistant Manager Nursing (Primary H Care) |
3 |
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Professional Nurse |
162 |
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Deputy Manager Nursing (Level 1 & 2 Hospital) |
1 |
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Professional Nurse ( Speciality Nursing) |
2 |
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Nursing Assistant |
173 |
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Professional Nurse (Community Service) |
20 |
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Operational Manager Nursing (General) |
17 |
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Assistant Manager Nursing Area |
1 |
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Operational Manager Nursing (Primary H Care) |
89 |
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Clinical Nurse Practitioner (Prim H Care) |
111 |
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Northern Cape total |
616 |
3. Good Hope is a mobile point in Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape province. The community from the village has been requesting the department to build a clinic for them. The department could not build it due to budgetary constraints. The community is being serviced through a mobile clinic which visits once per month.
(a) There is nobody who has been awarded a contract to build and/or upgrade the Good Hope clinic;
(b) Due to the fact that there was no tender awarded to anyone, there is no progress on the building/upgrade of the clinic.
END.