Question NW4036 to the Minister of Health
14 December 2023 - NW4036
Hlengwa, Ms MD to ask the Minister of Health
Whether his department has any record for the projected number of retirements of public health service officers in the next five years in each (a) departmental section and (b) province; if not, why not; if so, what (a) step-by-step measures are in place to replace them and (b) are the further relevant details?
Reply:
1. (a)(b) According to the PERSAL report as extracted on 31 October 2023, the table below is the data of health care workers in both health related and non-health related categories who are expected to retire due to attaining 65 years, which is the compulsory retirement Age in accordance with the Public Service Act 1994, as amended.
2. (a) Since the Department is unable to fill vacant posts due to budget cuts that have tremendously affected Cost of Employment (COE). Provinces have introduced systematic process of approving funding and advertisements of posts in consultation with Provincial Treasuries, to avoid exceeding available budgets.
- Developed and prioritised posts through Annual Recruitment Plan – where funding permits
- Prioritised filling of posts through conditional grant funding
- Filling of replacement posts considered and approved monthly
- Advertisements published National wide through print media
- A dedicated Registrar Programme to train and produce in-house Medical Specialists
(b) The Persal Age analysis information is used to influence our internal skills development program. When a retiring official is in a specialist posts, the Department grants study leavers who are interested in that particular speciality with the intention to appointment them when they qualify into that vacated post of the retire.
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PERSAL Report as at 31 October 2023 - Staff retirements per year as at age 65 |
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|
Province |
Occupational Group Clasification |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2027 |
2028 |
2029 |
Total |
|
Eastern Cape |
Health Related |
21 |
232 |
386 |
428 |
548 |
711 |
2326 |
|
Non Health Related |
1 |
25 |
62 |
73 |
86 |
110 |
357 |
|
|
Prov. total |
22 |
257 |
448 |
501 |
634 |
821 |
2683 |
|
|
Free State |
Health Related |
32 |
100 |
140 |
154 |
223 |
273 |
922 |
|
Non Health Related |
5 |
17 |
24 |
28 |
50 |
60 |
184 |
|
|
Prov. total |
37 |
117 |
164 |
182 |
273 |
333 |
1106 |
|
|
Gauteng |
Health Related |
69 |
309 |
393 |
531 |
696 |
880 |
2878 |
|
Non Health Related |
12 |
27 |
117 |
150 |
224 |
271 |
801 |
|
|
Prov. total |
81 |
336 |
510 |
681 |
920 |
1151 |
3679 |
|
|
Kwazulu-Natal |
Health Related |
58 |
243 |
378 |
414 |
578 |
726 |
2397 |
|
Non Health Related |
4 |
66 |
114 |
143 |
216 |
308 |
851 |
|
|
Prov. total |
62 |
309 |
492 |
557 |
794 |
1034 |
3248 |
|
|
Limpopo |
Health Related |
19 |
119 |
174 |
169 |
308 |
384 |
1173 |
|
Non Health Related |
4 |
43 |
70 |
56 |
103 |
174 |
450 |
|
|
Prov. total |
23 |
162 |
244 |
225 |
411 |
558 |
1623 |
|
|
Mpumalanga |
Health Related |
20 |
50 |
70 |
97 |
139 |
192 |
568 |
|
Non Health Related |
1 |
12 |
38 |
57 |
78 |
84 |
270 |
|
|
Prov. total |
21 |
62 |
108 |
154 |
217 |
276 |
838 |
|
|
Northern cape |
Health Related |
22 |
34 |
70 |
58 |
89 |
100 |
373 |
|
Non Health Related |
1 |
5 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
18 |
45 |
|
|
Prov. total |
23 |
39 |
75 |
67 |
96 |
118 |
418 |
|
|
Nort- West |
Health Related |
80 |
69 |
125 |
110 |
188 |
270 |
842 |
|
Non Health Related |
1 |
10 |
16 |
28 |
41 |
64 |
160 |
|
|
Prov. total |
81 |
79 |
141 |
138 |
229 |
334 |
1002 |
|
|
Western Cape |
Health Related |
64 |
163 |
166 |
197 |
272 |
355 |
1217 |
|
Non Health Related |
5 |
17 |
41 |
61 |
69 |
90 |
283 |
|
|
Prov. total |
69 |
180 |
207 |
258 |
341 |
445 |
1500 |
|
|
Total |
419 |
1541 |
2389 |
2763 |
3915 |
5070 |
16097 |
END.