Question NW1858 to the Minister of Health
03 June 2022 - NW1858
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health
(1)(a) What (i) number of positions are currently vacant at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and (ii) is the level of each vacant post and (b) by what date is it envisaged that each post will be filled; (2) what is the total number of community service (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) interns who are currently employed at the specified hospital; (3) whether the community service doctors, nurses and interns have been paid on time since their employment; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) what number of specialised (a) medical doctors and (b) nurses does the hospital currently have as compared to the amount of specialised health care professionals that the hospital needs to provide effective service delivery to its patients?
Reply:
According to the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health, the situation is as follows:
(1) (a) (i) 935 vacant posts as of 31 April 2022
(ii) Salary levels of the posts:
|
Management |
Number |
Nursing |
Number |
|
|
Level 12 |
4 |
Level 4 |
81 |
|
|
Level 13 |
1 |
Level 5 |
80 |
|
|
Level 14 |
2 |
Level 6 |
40 |
|
|
Admin |
|
Level 7 |
82 |
|
|
Level 5 |
122 |
Level 9 |
103 |
|
|
Level 7 |
20 |
Level 10 |
17 |
|
|
Level 9 |
9 |
Level 12 |
1 |
|
|
Level 11 |
3 |
Medical |
Number |
|
|
Allied |
Number |
Level 11 |
39 |
|
|
Level 7 |
1 |
Level 12 |
82 |
|
|
Level 8 |
9 |
Support |
Number |
|
|
Level 9 |
4 |
Level 2 |
177 |
|
|
Level 10 |
5 |
Level 3 |
34 |
|
|
Level 11 |
3 |
Level 4 |
9 |
|
|
Level 12 |
1 |
Level 5 |
20 |
|
|
Allied Support |
Number |
Level 7 |
4 |
|
|
Level 4 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
Level 5 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
Level 6 |
3 |
|
Out of the 935 vacant posts, 302 are funded and are in the process of being filled
(2) (a) Doctors: 12
(b) Nurses: 40
(c) Medical Interns: 300
(3) The response is as follows:
- All Community Doctors have been paid on time
- 12 of the Medical interns were not paid on time as a result of late funding and creation of posts
- 16 Nurses were timeously paid as the Hospital had enough posts to accommodate them. The other 24 Nurses’ posts were only created on the 2nd week of May 2022. The affected Nurses will be paid as soon as their transactions are processed on the Personnel and Salary (PERSAL) system.
(4) The response is as follows:
(a) Medical Specialist: 279
b) Professional Nurses: 474
The ideal staff compliment can only be determined once Provincial staffing norms are adopted and work studies completed.
END.