The Gauteng Department of Health has shown marked improvement in its service delivery programme in the first 100 days of the 7th Administration from June to September 2024.

Against austerity measures introduced to ensure that government optimises its limited resources the Department has seen an acceleration of the programme to take health services to take health services to townships, informal settlements and hostel communities where there is low coverage.

Efforts to modernise the healthcare system and streamline healthcare delivery through the rollout of e-health are well underway. We are now on course to realise the goal of one patient one file thus ensuring that we have medical history and records of patients from cradle to grave ensuring that no one is left behind when it comes to quality health outcomes.

The work done to strengthen internal capacity to maintain and refurbish our facilities have seen more and more of our hospitals and clinics receiving the much-needed attention.

Over the 100 days period much has been done to focus on the state of public health in the province. The department in September held a three-days strategic session and outlined its key priorities for the current financial year and for the five-year term.

It was clear from the planning session that we have no time to waste and that the urgency to deliver quality healthcare services to the people of Gauteng remains paramount.