National Health Insurance
Government Documents
http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/sp/sp0126-f.html
“Specifically, we worked on developing a shared vision and collective purpose on how we as the national health leadership will drive our priority health agenda for the next five years. As you are aware, these priorities find expression in the 2009 - 2014 Ten Point Plan. We specifically recognized and recommitted to the priorities of the National Health Insurance (NHI), full implementation of the National HIV and AIDS Plan, an improved Quality and Efficiency across the public health system. We determined that the yardstick against which our plans and progress should be measured are expenditure control, equity and efficiency. ...
We also recognized that while we are progressing on national macro-policy priorities such as the NHI, we must effect immediate and evident improvement in Quality and Efficiency particularly at Primary Health Care level. ... We, as the national health leadership, resolved to proceed with transparency and accountability recognizing the need to balance short-term deliverables with our long-term policy priorities.”
http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/misc/stratplan/201011-201213a/index.html
http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/misc/tenpointplan09.pdf
http://www.info.gov.za/otherdocs/2007/aidsplan2007/index.html
http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/policy-f.html
This abbreviated version of the Policy on Quality in Health Care for South Africa follows on the original that became national policy in 2001.
http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/policy-f.html
The ANC proposals on NHI were handed to the Department of Health for further development in late June 2009. There are no documents by Government in the public domain on the NHI proposals under development.
The Government Gazette GG32564 of 11th September 2009 announced the formation of the National Health Insurance Advisory Committee. It will advise the Minister of Health on the development of policy and legislation relating to the introduction of NHI. It provides for the appointment of a committee, its terms of reference and for remuneration of committee members.
http://www.greengazette.co.za/docs/2009/09/Gazettes/National/20090911%20-%20National%20Gazette%20No%2032564%20of%2011-Sep-2009,%20Volume%20531.pdf
The appointments to the NHI Advisory Committee were announced on 5 November 2009 by the Minister of Health. The Committee is chaired by Dr Olive Shisana. Health-e News provided a short summary of the experience of each of the 25 committee members, see:
http://www.health-e.org.za/news/article.php?uid=20032555
The Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on NHI has begun to meet. There are as yet no documents from the MAC in the public domain.
The National Planning Commission is a new initiative of government. Chaired by the Minister in The Presidency for National Planning, the NPC will be responsible for developing a draft long term vision and strategic plan for South Africa. The Commission will also advise on cross-cutting issues that impact on South Africa’s long term development.
http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/nationalplanningcommission.asp
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