Question NW4162 to the Minister of Health
14 December 2023 - NW4162
Hlengwa, Ms MD to ask the Minister of Health
Whether his department has records of the number of doctors who (a) graduated from each medical school in the country during the 2018-2023 period, (b) did not get placed to serve the mandatory community service, (c) entered the public health service upon completion of community service and (d) are unemployed; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
According to the records as presented to Parliament responding to a similar parliamentary question number 3511, the table below provides (a) data of graduates from each medical school in the country for the 2018-2023 period.
|
South African Institutions of Higher Learning |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
TOTAL |
|
University of Free State |
114 |
130 |
179 |
176 |
167 |
173 |
939 |
|
University of KwaZulu Natal |
159 |
78 |
229 |
150 |
281 |
130 |
1027 |
|
University of Limpopo |
|
|
24 |
41 |
89 |
75 |
229 |
|
University of Pretoria |
225 |
291 |
351 |
366 |
335 |
343 |
1911 |
|
University of Stellenbosch |
231 |
295 |
294 |
310 |
306 |
295 |
1731 |
|
University of Witwatersrand |
274 |
277 |
425 |
397 |
436 |
466 |
2275 |
|
Walter Sisulu University of Science and Technology |
86 |
99 |
195 |
156 |
156 |
151 |
843 |
|
Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine (University of KwaZulu Natal) |
5 |
143 |
77 |
178 |
64 |
200 |
667 |
|
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University |
201 |
255 |
333 |
254 |
309 |
290 |
1642 |
|
University of Cape Town |
191 |
237 |
213 |
207 |
231 |
241 |
1320 |
|
Total |
1486 |
1805 |
2320 |
2235 |
2374 |
2364 |
12584 |
(b) The Department has it on record that all these graduates were placed for the mandatory community service, after completing their medical internship and were declared registerable as community service doctors by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).
(c) The table below provide a breakdown of new Medical Officer appointments per province for the period 2018 to 2023. The appointments, includes doctors who post their medical community service applied for appointment in the public service.
|
Medical Officer's appointed from 2018 - 2019 in the Public Sector |
|||||||
|
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
*2023 |
Total |
|
EC |
329 |
323 |
364 |
298 |
275 |
252 |
1841 |
|
FS |
103 |
109 |
158 |
110 |
196 |
170 |
846 |
|
GP |
328 |
421 |
587 |
605 |
658 |
568 |
3167 |
|
KZ |
493 |
511 |
656 |
489 |
514 |
515 |
3178 |
|
LP |
110 |
224 |
183 |
215 |
261 |
239 |
1232 |
|
MPY |
62 |
59 |
150 |
55 |
112 |
124 |
562 |
|
NW |
83 |
88 |
85 |
95 |
48 |
144 |
543 |
|
NC |
34 |
20 |
167 |
46 |
190 |
54 |
511 |
|
WC |
249 |
283 |
345 |
275 |
360 |
235 |
1747 |
|
Total |
1791 |
2038 |
2695 |
2188 |
2614 |
2301 |
13627 |
*2023 Data is only available up to November 2023.
(d) The Department does not keep records of unemployment doctors after completing community service as they register as independent medical doctors and can opt to practice in the public service or the private sector.
END.