SAHR 2007 - Health Systems Trust

Health and Related Indicators 15
Health Services – Health personnel
African Coloured Indian / Asian White Other All
Number of pharmacists
2005 Public sector 540 115 339 623 - 1 617 a
2006 Public sector 600 133 368 645 - 1 746 a
2007 Public sector 657 135 399 639 - 1 830 a
Number of physiotherapists
2005 Public sector 265 96 111 252 - 724 a
2006 Public sector 292 114 124 253 - 783 a
2007 Public sector 308 113 127 302 - 850 a
2007 Registered with HPCSA 472 179 374 2 581 1 453 5 059 b
Number of professional nurses
2005 Public sector 35 356 4 341 1 027 2 936 - 43 660 a
2006 Public sector 35 859 4 359 1 043 2 810 - 44 071 a
2007 Public sector 36 807 4 520 1 092 2 683 - 45 102 a
Number of psychologists
2005 Public sector 121 23 32 223 - 399 a
2006 Public sector 122 21 32 230 - 405 a
2007 Public sector 126 26 34 233 - 419 a
2007 Registered with HPCSA 390 125 279 3 224 2 292 6 310 b
Number of radiographers
2005 Public sector 927 378 230 513 - 2 048 a
2006 Public sector 971 402 241 489 - 2 103 a
2007 Public sector 1 009 390 244 457 - 2 100 a
2007 Registered with HPCSA 737 230 351 1 545 2 646 5 509 b
Number of student nurses
2005 Public sector 7 334 534 249 434 - 8 551 a
2006 Public sector 7 841 421 296 387 - 8 945 a
2007 Public sector 8 673 378 288 332 - 9 671 a
Total number of health professional posts
2005 Public sector (filled) 92 177 12 801 5 225 13 065 - 123 268 a
2006 Public sector (filled) 95 165 12 786 5 619 12 915 - 126 485 a
2007 Public sector (filled) 99 799 12 796 5 769 12 781 - 131 145 a
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PERSAL.
HPCSA.
Table 47: Number of Community Service Professionals
EC FS GP KZN LP MP NC NW WC SA
Number of CS clinical psychologists
2004 11 7 24 22 1 13 3 7 11 135
2005 8 5 24 21 8 3 6 14 8 134
2006 - - - - - - - - - 122
2007 10 3 31 22 0 3 3 20 19 132
Number of CS dentists
2004 8 18 11 9 5 17 10 34 4 120
2005 8 19 9 9 4 15 8 17 8 109
2006 - - - - - - - - - 241
2007 20 28 33 24 26 40 14 26 16 260
Number of CS dieticians
2004 4 20 27 14 0 28 2 7 6 115
2005 6 18 19 16 8 10 7 21 7 120
2006 - - - - - - - - - 161
2007 10 16 34 21 12 13 9 10 6 144
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