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The Committee of the Whole House of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature for Health will be conducting oversight visits to healthcare facilities across the province this week, from 12 to 15 August 2025. The Legislature resolved to widen its scope to closely monitor the Department of Health due to the scale and complexity of the challenges facing the Department. This necessitated a more extensive, integrated, and collective oversight approach through the Committee of the Whole House for sustainable improvement of healthcare services for the people of the Eastern Cape in line with section 27(1)(a) and (2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.
The Health Oversight Visits under the Committee of the Whole House seek amongst others, to ensure greater accountability by subjecting the Department of Health to wider scrutiny by all Members of the Legislature, and broader oversight – allowing more facilities across the Province to be monitored effectively.
The visits will focus on amongst others, key operational areas, including human resources management, functionality of governance structures (Clinic Committees, Hospital Boards), ICT and infrastructure challenges; ·Emergency Medical Services (EMS) capacity, pharmaceutical and medical supplies availability, financial management and accruals, · mental health and allied health services, support services (security, cleanliness, utilities).
