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02 October 2007
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Private Sector Indaba.
SPEECH BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
21 September 2007,
Midrand I wish to welcome you all to this very important indaba. I am particularly pleased that so many of you were able to prioritise this very important meeting which aims to explore strategies to further transform the health sector in our country with particular reference to the private health sector. I must also welcome the MEC's who have agreed to be with us and who will facilitate some of the group discussions.
I made a commitment to you last month that the Department will provide the leadership to enable us to engage further on measures that need to be taken to address a range of issues relating the sustainability of the private health sector, including issues of costs, affordability and transparency.
Subsequent to our August meeting, a task team with members from various parts of the private health care sector was established to prepare an agenda for this Indaba. . I believe that the agenda that the Task Team prepared is inclusive of all the role-players that will effect and be affected by the interventions that this meeting proposes. I would like to express my appreciation to the members of the Task Team for their participation and commitment to this process.
I wish to encourage all of us to frankly acknowledge the challenges that face the private health care system so that we can collectively decide how best to respond to these challenges. Off course, it is true that this will not be an easy process given the competing interests of the various sections of the sector.
As you know, we have a private hospital industry, specialists, general practitioners, dentists, etc, who operate in an environment of a "fee for service" model. This model means that the more services one provides the greater the reimbursement.
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Lucas Malambe is Hasa's Executive Officer, Corporate Communications educated at the universities of the North and Witwatersrand. Malambe has a postgraduate qualification in Business Management and Economics from the University of Johannesburg where he is finishing his Masters in Commerce (Business Management).
He is also the editor of the prestigious research-driven publications Health Annals and the monthly Hasa News.
He has seven years experience in public communications having worked for DRUM magazine as a health journalist, sub-editor, and columnist. Lucas also worked for Lifeline Southern Africa interfacing with the organisation's various publics. At this time he contributed regularly to publications such as Business Day's Health Supplement and Mshana as a health correspondent and health-advice columnist respectively.
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13 July 2010
The annual Hasa Awards of Excellence are part of the Ministerial Healthcare Awards. This year's theme is Quality is Excellence. The process to find the best of the best in the private hospital industry is nearing its end. The Health Excellence Awards 2010 will take place in November 2010 and the deadline date for submission of entries is 07 October 2010.
15 June 2010
The Children’s Act 38 of 2005 (as amended). How does it affect healthcare?
Several outstanding provisions of the Children’s Act [Act 38 of 2005] have become operational. The relevant Government Gazette has made the date upon which the law became operational as being 01 April 2010.
02 June 2010
HASA LEGALWatch:June01
Update on Sections 55 and 56 of the National Health Act, 2003 relating to the
removal of blood or other tissue, together with section 68 which
permits the Minister of Health to make regulations relating to tissue,
cells, organs, blood, blood products and gametes, has been
promulgated. (In other words, has become law, as of the 17th of May
2010). Download The June 01 LegalWatch:
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The Hospital Association of South Africa is a non-statutory body; the Association will gladly act as a mediator and will investigate an incident on behalf of a patient, or relative.
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