QUESTIONS FROM AD HOC COMMITTEE 14 JUNE 2004

FOR HEALTH TO THE FREE STATE DOH

QUESTIONS

ANSWERS
  • Are there 74 towns in the Free State
  • Yes, actually the FS has more than 80 towns, and the FS DoH has tried to cover all these with health services
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  • What additional measures do you implement to retain staff
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  • We are trying our best to retain personnel, using the scarce skills and rural allowances – financial incentives
  • Thabo Mofutsane personnel also receive rural allowances
  • Personnel providing mobile services rural clinics will be considered for the rural allowancws next
  • Non-financial incentives are also be provided
  • But it is still problems in retaining staff
  • We still have doctors leaving despite allowances, and other refusing to go to the rural areas
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  • Do you have adequate and regular supply of medicines
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  • Very good stock control occurs. Clinics have 80% drug supply level. An advanced electronic system is used to order drugs
  • 6 weems stock exist on the shelves
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  • Do you have enough ambulances
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  • We have pressures in supply – ambulances get involved in ambulances
  • We prividie driver trainimg. Govenrment needs to decide whether to have insurance on ambulances
  • Toyota hi-ace are a high risk grioup and have been stolen prviuslyt
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  • Comment on TB DoT support
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  • Very good DOTs supporters, receive stipends, have reduced MDR and increased cure rate
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  • Why did not use the 10 point plan?
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  • We use it toreport to them, but it does not always help us report on province specific issues
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  • Health professional training grant
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  • It is a national process to assist provinces that do not have medical schools to catch up
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  • Why do you provide bursaries to matriculants and not your personnel
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  • We need scarce professionals, hence we provide abuout 80 bursaries to pruse careers in paharamcy, medicne etc and return to serve in the FS
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  • How did you reduce your personnel expenditure from 62% to 60,6%/
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  • ABET training programmes , clearners trained into clerks
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  • Comment on the salary parity issues
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  • Except for bloemfontein, LG salaries were lower than FS DoH salaries esp in the small town
  • So much stability has been created in the small towns
  • Mangaung municipality still pays higher than oursevles
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  • Are you linking with partners internationally
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  • SADC involvement iin Lesotho, and have worked on exchange programme with Angola
  • Have been to Brazil to leanr about ARVs prggorrammes
  • Twinning arrangements are arranged by NDoH

    • QUESTIONS

    ANSWERS
    • Why did you stop the disaster preparedness grant (infrastructure grants)
  • Infrastrucure grant was for flood relief and is no longer required
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  • How many ARV sites do you have
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  • Provinces has 5 districts, plans to have ARVs provision in its site
  • Goldfields will be launched tomorrow
  • Phased roll-out will happen.
  • Bloemfontein will be the next phase in the roll-out
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  • Clinics are open for 24 hours, some provide 12 hours and 8 hours services. Nurses are on call, can be fetched by the police to open lc
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  • Service maketing is an innovation ofn the FS to help inform people about own helaht and helaht services
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    Chairperson’s Remarks