This was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa's special advisor on social policy, Olive Shisana, at the 2nd Presidential Health Summit.
"Major effort led by the finance team from the Department of Health needs to be implemented to increase staffing, expertise, and dedication in provincial health finance departments and their senior management," she said. "Provinces that make progress with managing down accruals and medico-legal claims, like the Eastern Cape province, should be rewarded for progress with additional above-budget allocations and incentivised to continue on this path."SA's disease burden placing strain on public health system - Phaahla
Shisana said the view of Treasury that the 7.5% salary increase would have to be funded by reducing headcounts was unsustainable, and should be addressed in the adjustment budgets.She added that the proposed interventions for 2024-2029 included establishing a parallel system for managing non-pharmaceutical products with similar governance processes to those used for medicines.
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