Question NW3516 to the Minister of Health
20 October 2015 - NW3516
James, Dr WG to ask the Minister of Health
(1)How many posts (a) are funded and (b) currently filled in respect of each category of worker at the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS); (2) how many (a) employees in total, (b) pathologists, (c) medical technologists and (d) medical technicians did the NHLS have at the beginning of (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015; (3) (a) how many NHLS laboratories are there in the country and (b) in which province is each specified laboratory situated?
Reply:
- NHLS Headcount at end of August 2015
|
Job Title |
Count |
|
Total Staff Headcount |
6776 |
|
Pathologist |
210 |
|
Medical Technician |
862 |
|
Medical Technologist |
1385 |
|
Vacancies appearing as vacant on Oracle system today on 21 September 2015 |
|
|
Total |
1246 |
|
2. YEAR |
2 011 |
2 012 |
2 013 |
2 014 |
2 015 |
|
Pathologist |
225 |
218 |
235 |
231 |
210 |
|
Medical Technologist |
1 415 |
1 388 |
1 382 |
1 399 |
1 385 |
|
Medical Technician |
652 |
639 |
771 |
810 |
862 |
3. There are 302 NHLS laboratories.
|
Province |
Number of Labs |
|
EC |
67 |
|
FS |
15 |
|
GP |
43 |
|
KZN |
56 |
|
LP |
37 |
|
MP |
21 |
|
NC |
9 |
|
NW |
15 |
|
WC |
39 |
|
TOTAL |
302 |
END.