Question NW3614 to the Minister of Health

Reply:

1. The following information has been received from the Provincial Departments of Health. Information from Eastern Cape and Gauteng is still outstanding:

	FS	KZN	Limp	Mpu	NW	NC	WC
No Public Hospitals	32	22	40	28	19	14	52
b) i. Psychiatrists	12.5%	64%	40%	14.3%	10%	7.10%	21%
b) ii. Clinical Psychologists	25%	86%	82%	46.4%	36.8%	28.6%	31%
b) iii. Occ. Therapist	40%	95%	100%	92,8%	57.9%	57.1%	44%
b) iv. Child Psych.	31%	0	0	0	0	7.1	2%

Information was not received from the Eastern Cape and Gauteng Provinces at the time of submitting this response to Parliament.

It is important to note that Child Psychology is a sub-speciality of Clinical Psychology and most of the provinces do not segregate or sub-classify the appointment information hence the zero reporting specifically on Child Psychology.

(2) The vacancy rates per province are as follows (with Northern Cape providing actual vacancies instead of expressing in percentage).

Vacancy rate	FS	KZN	Limp	Mpu	NW	NC	WC
Psychiatrists	-	18.9%	82.5%	46%	-	13	4.26%
Clinical Psychologists	36%	19.4%	67.7%		20.68%	18	8.42%
Occupational Therapist	29%	20.5%	64.3%		30.76%	24	9.04%
Child Psychologist	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	4	16.66%

Information was not received from the Eastern Cape and Gauteng Provinces at the time of submitting this response to Parliament.

Cost to fill specified vacancies	FS	KZN	Limp	Mpu	NW	NC	WC
Psychiatrists	-	R11m	R10.8m	R43m	-	R15m	R4m
Clinical Psychologists	R5m	R11m	R9.5m		-	R19m	R8m
Occupational Therapist	R4m	R11m	R19.2m		-	R17m	R9m
Child Psychologist		0	0	0	0	-	R1m

(3) (a)-(b) All public health facilities in South Africa offer mental health services at various levels with screening being a standard service even at Primary Health Care level. Depending on the service package at the particular facility, patients may be referred to another level of care for further management including admission in the designated Mental Health Facilities

END.