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Total number of health professional posts
| Definition | Total number of health sector posts (health professional categories) including dental, medical, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, radiography and psychology professions.
Data from 2002 also includes environmental health professionals.
Note that older data from PERSAL also included some vacant posts for each profession. Newer data has most of the vacant posts identified, and therefore the number of posts primarily reflects filled posts. |
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Indicator Type: -> Health Services -> Health Personnel [Related Resources]
| EC | FS | GP | KZN | LP | MP | NC | NW | WC | ZA |
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| Total number of health professional posts [Definition] |
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| 2001 Public sector | 97 929 | 14 103 | 42 899 | 39 591 | 22 603 | 9 472 | 3 820 | 15 570 | 21 659 | [1] 268 122 |
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| 2002 Public sector | 29 752 | 14 284 | 43 148 | 41 401 | 18 082 | 9 843 | 3 937 | 15 756 | 21 328 | [2] 197 898 |
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| 2003 Public sector | 21 991 | 12 104 | 32 873 | 37 338 | 15 452 | 19 018 | 3 248 | 11 589 | 15 401 | [3] 169 121 |
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| 2003 Public sector (filled) | 15 751 | 7 176 | 22 375 | 28 205 | 13 376 | 6 201 | 2 360 | 7 764 | 13 268 | [4] 116 547 |
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| 2005 Public sector | 24 057 | 13 237 | 30 655 | 42 122 | 16 953 | 13 298 | 3 694 | 11 168 | 13 977 | [5] 169 246 |
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| 2005 Public sector (filled) | 17 650 | 7 871 | 22 482 | 29 640 | 14 274 | 7 467 | 2 399 | 8 585 | 12 844 | [6] 123 268 |
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| 2006 Public sector (filled) | 17 389 | 7 870 | 23 381 | 30 879 | 14 781 | 7 720 | 2 478 | 8 762 | 13 171 | [7] 126 485 |
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| 2007 Public sector (filled) | 18 080 | 7 930 | 24 006 | 32 027 | 16 183 | 8 103 | 2 777 | 8 449 | 13 539 | [8] 131 145 |
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| 2008 Public sector (filled) | 18 016 | 6 897 | 25 873 | 35 836 | 16 758 | 8 230 | 2 697 | 8 162 | 14 458 | [9] 136 985 |
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| 2009 Public sector (filled) | 19 256 | 6 178 | 27 839 | 35 380 | 17 010 | 8 830 | 2 714 | 8 638 | 14 360 | [10] 140 262 |
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| 2010 Public sector (filled) | 19 958 | 6 063 | 32 656 | 35 310 | 17 394 | 9 455 | 2 848 | 8 685 | 14 957 | [11] 147 387 |
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| EC: Eastern Cape FS: Free State GP: Gauteng KZN: KwaZulu-Natal LP: Limpopo MP: Mpumalanga NC: Northern Cape NW: North West WC: Western Cape ZA: South Africa |
Notes and References
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Note that this total includes 153 727 vacant posts across the various professions. Total for South Africa is the total of all the provincial figures, plus includes 476 posts within the National Department of Health (of which 379 are vacant). Extracted 2001-11-30.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Note that this total includes 84 205 vacant posts across the various professions. Total for South Africa is the total of all the provincial figures, plus includes 367 posts within the National Department of Health (of which 290 are vacant). The number of posts in 2002 is substantially lower than the total in 2001 primarily due to the reduced number of vacant posts reflected in the PERSAL system. Extracted 2002-09-30.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Note that this total includes 52 574 vacant posts across the various professions. Total for South Africa is the total of all the provincial figures, plus includes 107 posts within the National Department of Health (of which 36 are vacant). The number of posts in 2003 is substantially lower than the total in 2002 primarily due to the reduced number of vacant posts reflected in the PERSAL system. Extracted 2003-19-30.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Note that this total includes only the posts that are filled at time of data extraction. Extracted 2003-19-30.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Extracted 2005-05-31. Note that this total includes 45 978 vacant posts across the various professions. Total for South Africa is the total of all the provincial figures - plus includes 56 posts within the National Department of Health (of which 29 are vacant).
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Extracted 2005-05-31
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Extracted 2006-03-31. Note that this total includes only the posts that are filled at time of data extraction. The South African total also includes 54 posts within the National Department of Health.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Extracted 2007-03-31.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Data extracted 2008-03-31. Note that this total includes only the posts that are filled at time of data extraction. The South African total also includes 58 posts within the National Department of Health.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Extracted 2009-03-31. Note that this total includes only the posts that are filled at time of data extraction. The South African total also includes posts within the National Department of Health.
- PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
Extracted 2010-03-31. Note that this total includes only the posts that are filled at time of data extraction. The South African total also includes posts within the National Department of Health.
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