Manifestos and policy search

conditions in public health facilities to identify systematic issues that need to be addressed. Increase security measures for clinics, hospitals, and ambulances to protect healthcare professionals and patients from criminality. Ensure that patients receive good medical services by implementing quality…assurance standards that focus on dignified patient care. Safeguard hospitals and clinics from experiencing load shedding so that healthcare services are not compromised due to power outages. Free sanitary products: Girls throughout South Africa continue to miss school because

Independent Watchdog for Health Entities (also known as supervisory structures). The independent watchdog will supervise all regulators, all key hospitals, key health services and health districts. They will have the powers to supervise procurement processes, oversee human resource matters…directly financed and controlled by healthcare facility administrators and not a public works department, whether national or provincial. For hospitals, all revenues raised outside of budgeted allocations will be retained and managed by the relevant hospital and deployed in accordance

support services. Sign language usage in healthcare facilities: ActionSA will work towards ensuring that all health departments in public hospitals and clinics employ at least one healthcare professional who is competent at sign language communication. We will allocate resources…training and certification of existing healthcare staff in sign language to ensure that clinics and hospitals can comply with this provision. Special education: Disability should not hinder any child from the opportunity to receive a quality education. We will increase

devolved from provincial departments to district managers and health facility managers. • Ensure that there is at least one regional hospital in each of the 52 health districts and at least one tertiary hospital in each province. • Expand clinic services

small, elite group of people while the masses have to rely on social grants. Tenders to build houses, roads, hospitals, etc. are not awarded to the company that will offer the best quality and value for money, but to already…healthcare. An environment enabling private healthcare institutions to deliver quality and cost-effective services should also be created. State hospitals and clinics should be run by private service providers. Education: Providing good, relevant and quality basic and higher education

cannot allow for the continuous disruption of critical service delivery due to rolling blackouts. We will ensure that hospitals, clinics, fire stations, and police stations are protected against load shedding so that essential workers can serve citizens effectively. Reform Eskom

healthcare system and those who pay for private healthcare services. We will address this inequality by building more public hospitals and clinics and training and appointing more medical professionals. Medical aid: The private healthcare sector has the power to alleviate

state of our healthcare system reflects a country in crisis. Poor funding, management and maintenance of State-run hospitals and clinics have led to the collapse and dysfunction of many facilities, while many that continue to operate are filthy

KwaZulu territories owned shares in enterprises such as bakeries in uMlazi and Madadeni. The Inkatha-led KwaZulu Government provided hospitals, clinics, police stations, and a professional public service, all of which served as the springboard for the newly elected government

ideas, goodwill and steam. Some of the tasks of governing, such as running a hospital or a state company properly, do not need a new idea. They need people who will choose to lead ethically and professionally for the common

training of more auxiliary social workers and occupational healthcare workers, and the appointments of clinic chaplains in clinics and hospitals. We will also invest in specialised substance abuse rehabilitation centres in all nine provinces, paying particular attention to small towns

Therefore: ▶ At national, provincial and hospital level we will install competent administrators, root out procurement corruption, prioritise efficient delivery of equipment and medication, and improve the working conditions of healthcare workers. ▶ We will also expand the training of additional healthcare