Vision Quality health for all.
Mission We undertake to provide equitable access to quality health services in partnership with the relevant stakeholders within a balanced and well managed health system.
Values
The overarching values identified by the Provincial Government of the Western Cape are:
- Caring
- Competence
- Accountability
- Integrity
- Responsiveness
Summary of the Western Cape Provincial Department of Health Services:
Primary Health Care Services - 479 facilities in 32 sub-districts and six districts (five rural districts and four sub-structures in the district of metropolitan Cape Town).
Hospital Services
- 34 district hospitals.
- Eight regional hospitals (including the level 2 services provided at the central (tertiary) hospitals).
- Six tuberculosis hospitals.
- Four psychiatric hospitals.
- One rehabilitation centre.
- Three central (tertiary) hospitals.
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) - 50 ambulance stations with 251 ambulances.
Forensic Pathology Services - 18 mortuaries and 46 response vehicles.
Training for health care workers and professionals (in conjunction with universities).
Regulation of private hospitals in the province.
The Following Free Services are Offered to All (Excluding Medical Aid Patients):
- Family planning services.
- Infectious diseases management.
- Ending pregnancies.
- Legal services related to medical attention.
- Oral (dental) health services (scholars and mobile clinics only).
- Immunisations.
- Primary health care services.
- Antiretroviral (ARV) services for AIDS patients.
The Following Categories of People are Entitled to Free Medical Services:
- Children under the age of six years.
- Pregnant women.
- Involuntary (certified) psychiatric patients.
- Children attending school who are referred to hospitals.
- Hospital personnel employed before 1976.
- Children who have been placed in care.
- Boarders, live-in children and babies, relatives and donors.
- People receiving social grants/pensions.
- Unemployed people.
HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) Campaign
The Western Cape Department of Health has embarked on an HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign (HCT) which will encourage people to know their status.
The key components of the campaign prioritise actions to prevent transmission of HIV and the treatment and care of citizens affected.
The intension is to mobilise all people to know their status, by engaging all public and private partners to join hands and reach set targets. The agreed target for the Western Cape is 1 100 000 individuals aged 12 years and older who are sexually active.
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