SAHR 2007 - Health Systems Trust

EC FS GP KZN LP MP NC NW WC SA
Number of professional nurses
2005 Public sector 6 642 3 580 7 587 9 531 5 763 2 696 975 3 053 3 830 43 660 a
2006 Public sector 6 615 3 544 7 539 9 793 5 827 2 770 992 3 029 3 959 44 071 a
2007 Public sector 6 878 3 476 7 250 10 591 5 850 2 861 1 131 2 864 4 199 45 102 a
2005 Registered with SANC 12 176 7 175 26 754 19 445 7 540 4 774 1 936 6 495 13 239 99 534 c
2006 Registered with SANC 12 427 7 122 26 884 20 202 7 743 4 915 1 966 6 620 13 416 101 295 c
Number of psychologists
2005 Public sector 37 29 122 67 35 17 7 27 58 399 a
2006 Public sector 36 26 132 66 40 15 5 25 60 405 a
2007 Public sector 45 29 135 65 41 13 3 17 71 419 a
2007 Registered with HPCSA 333 244 3 094 697 96 131 40 198 1 344 6 310 b
Number of radiographers
2005 Public sector 258 159 553 393 113 82 46 83 358 2 048 a
2006 Public sector 264 171 520 413 126 88 48 78 392 2 103 a
2007 Public sector 280 163 488 450 140 74 41 64 397 2 100 a
2007 Registered with HPCSA 405 414 1 940 980 168 173 87 177 1 109 5 509 b
Number of student nurses
2005 Public sector 2 226 33 2 177 2 051 490 670 110 575 219 8 551 a
2006 Public sector 1 906 36 2 697 2 232 605 571 102 713 83 8 945 a
2007 Public sector 1 942 28 3 217 2 175 802 565 81 848 13 9 671 a
Total number of health professional posts
2005 Public sector (filled) 17 650 7 871 22 482 29 640 14 274 7 467 2 399 8 585 12 844 123 268 a
2006 Public sector (filled) 17 389 7 870 23 381 30 879 14 781 7 720 2 478 8 762 13 171 126 485 a
2007 Public sector (filled) 18 080 7 930 24 006 32 027 16 183 8 103 2 777 8 449 13 539 131 145 a
Vacancies in the public health sector
Percentage of Medical Practitioner posts vacant
2006 Public sector 36.1 33.6 20.9 34.3 26.8 38.5 53.4 29.9 12.6 29.9 a
2007 Public sector 32.7 35.0 27.4 39.5 31.6 41.8 51.1 42.8 14.8 34.1 a
Percentage of Professional Nurse posts vacant
2006 Public sector 34.0 31.4 26.0 42.5 15.0 40.0 33.2 22.8 22.0 31.5 a
2007 Public sector 35.8 35.7 39.9 42.0 20.0 40.2 35.9 42.4 23.8 36.3 a
Percentage of health professional posts vacant
2005 Public sector 26.6 40.5 26.7 29.6 15.8 43.9 35.1 23.1 8.1 27.2 a
2006 Public sector 32.6 40.4 24.2 32.4 16.4 43.1 37.8 23.1 16.9 29.0 a
2007 Public sector 33.3 41.9 32.8 35.6 20.0 42.5 41.8 41.9 18.7 33.3 a
a
b
c
d
PERSAL. Figure for South Africa includes the sum of the provinces plus staff
at national DoH.
HPCSA. Extracted 2007-04-30. Total for South Africa includes professionals
with REGION indicated as ‘Foreign’.
SANC.
SAPC. National total includes pharmacists in Namibia and for whom the
provincial allocation is undefined.
310