According to the latest ideal clinic status realisation and maintenance report of the South African National Department of Health, the Gauteng Province has achieved the highest percentage of Ideal Clinics across the country from 2015 to 2018.
With the total of 281 (75%) ideal clinics achieved, the province has exceeded the target of 240 out of 372 facilities. Ekurhuleni District has the highest number of facilities with ideal status at 88.2%, followed by Tshwane 86.3%, Sedibeng 74.4%, Johannesburg 72.6% and West Rand 45.8%.
For a facility to be recognised as ideal, it should have good infrastructure, adequate staff and medicine supplies as well as good administrative processes and sufficient bulk supplies. The clinic should also implement applicable clinical policies, protocols as well as guidelines.
In addition, the clinic should use partner and stakeholder support and cooperate with the other government departments as well as with private sector and non-governmental organisations to address the social determinants of health.
The ideal clinic can be differentiated from an ordinary clinic through its introduction of unique features such as booking system for patients with chronic diseases which benefits the patients through convenient time slots allocation that reduces congestion and long waiting times. The clinic should also have chronic clubs and Central Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution as pickup points for medicines.
Moreover, the ideal clinic should have prepared and managed ready to use emergency and resuscitation rooms with functional equipment and drugs.
Similar to the ideal clinics, all Gauteng’s central, regional and tertiary hospitals have achieved 75% total on National Core Standards as per the National target since 2016. Steve Biko Academic Hospital has also been declared the leading central hospital in National Core Standard and all our hospitals are steadily improving and striving towards this goal.
For more information please contact:
Lesemang Matuka
Cell: 072 025 3605
Tel: 011 241 5816
E-mail: lesemang.matuka@gauteng.gov.za
E-mail: mediaenquiries@gauteng.gov.za.
