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The Healthcare Sector In South Africa 2022

Gary Phillips | South Africa | 03 June 2022

The Healthcare Sector in South Africa 2020

Carole Veitch | South Africa | 31 October 2020

The Healthcare Sector in South Africa 2019

Carole Veitch | South Africa | 29 March 2019

The Healthcare Sector in South Africa 2017

Carole Veitch | South Africa | 26 September 2017

The Healthcare Sector in South Africa 2016

Carole Veitch | South Africa | 27 June 2016

The Healthcare Sector in South Africa 2015

Carole and David Veitch | South Africa | 30 January 2015

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Report Coverage

This report focuses on the public and private healthcare sector in South Africa, including hospitals and other medical facilities, medical practitioners, emergency services and pathology services. It includes comprehensive information on the state of the sector, statistics, the performance of notable players, corporate actions and other major developments. There are profiles of 47 companies including hospital groups such as Netcare, Mediclinic, Life Healthcare, Lenmed and RH Bophelo, pathology practices such as Ampath, ambulance services such as ER24 and optometry groups including Torga Optical and Neovision.

The Healthcare Sector in South Africa

Healthcare expenditure in South Africa, which is over R500bn a year, is roughly evenly split between the public and private healthcare sectors, despite the former providing care for 85% of South Africans. The healthcare sector was put to the test through the COVID-19 pandemic. Public healthcare, already under strain from lack of resources and sub-quality care, struggled to cope with service provision during the pandemic and the distraction it caused from attending to urgent communicable and non-communicable disease epidemics.

Funding

Healthcare funding concerns are increasing and public healthcare budget cuts are expected due to pressure on government finances, while private healthcare costs continue to rise above inflation, causing a reduction in the already small pool of medically-insured people. Government expects National Health Insurance to fund over 90% of all healthcare in the public and private sectors. The private sector has raised concerns about its affordability, the state’s ability to implement it and the impact it will have on the private healthcare sector.

Private Sector Recovery

The pandemic significantly reduced the revenue of private sector hospitals, which also had to incur additional pandemic-related costs. However, they recorded a strong recovery in 2021 and 2022, refinanced or reduced debt and improved cash flow, and improved revenue as trading conditions normalised.

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Value Chain 4
2.2. Geographic Position 5
2.3. Size of the Industry 11
2.4. Key Success Factors and Pain Points 18
3. LOCAL 24
3.1. Key Trends 24
3.2. Notable Players 32
3.3. Corporate Actions 36
3.4. Regulations 38
3.5. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 41
4. AFRICA 42
5. INTERNATIONAL 48
6. INFLUENCING FACTORS 51
6.1. COVID-19 51
6.2. Economic Environment 54
6.3. Labour 56
6.4. Environmental Issues 61
6.5. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 62
6.6. Implementation of National Health Insurance 64
6.7. Input Costs 66
7. COMPETITIVE ENVIROMENT 67
7.1. Competition 67
7.2. Ownership Structure of the Industry 68
7.3. Barriers to Entry 69
8. SWOT ANALYSIS 69
9. OUTLOOK 71
10. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 71
11. REFERENCES 73
11.1. Publications 73
11.2. Websites 74
APPENDIX 1 - SUMMARY OF NOTABLE PLAYERS 76
Government Hospitals 76
Private Hospitals 77
Medical and Dental Practices 86
Optical 87
Pathology Practices 89
Ambulance Services 90
Blood Banks 92
COMPANY PROFILES – Government & Private Hospitals 93
Advanced Health Ltd 93
Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospital Ltd 97
Busamed (Pty) Ltd 99
CareWell Robertson Private Hospital (Pty) Ltd 102
Clinix Health Group (Pty) Ltd 104
Cormed Kliniek (Pty) Ltd 108
Cure Day Hospitals Holdings (Pty) Ltd 110
Joint Medical Holdings (Pty) Ltd 113
Lenmed Investments Ltd 115
Life Healthcare Group (Pty) Ltd 119
M-Care (Pty) Ltd 129
Mediclinic International PLC 131
Melomed Hospital Holdings (Pty) Ltd 136
National Department of Health 138
National Hospital Network NPC 157
Netcare Ltd 167
Nurture Care Group (Pty) Ltd 173
RH Bophelo Ltd 175
Spescare (Pty) Ltd 178
COMPANY PROFILES – Medical & Dental Practices 180
Kaelo Prime Cure (Pty) Ltd 180
Medicross Healthcare Group (Pty) Ltd 182
Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Ltd 188
Novahealth (Pty) Ltd 193
COMPANY PROFILES – Optical 196
Benmore Optometrists CC 196
Dynamic Vision Network (Pty) Ltd 198
KFML Holdings (Pty) Ltd 200
Mellins IStyle Optometrists Inc 202
Moffatt Inc 205
Neovision Group (Pty) Ltd 207
Torga Optical (Pty) Ltd 209
COMPANY PROFILES – Pathology Practices 215
AC Mauff and Partners 215
Ampath Trust 218
Bio Analytical Research Corporation South Africa (Pty) Ltd 222
Dietrich Voigt Mia (Pty) Ltd 225
Ishara Ramparsad Inc 232
Medilab Clinical Pathology (Pty) Ltd 233
National Health Laboratory Service 234
Pathology Lab One (Pty) Ltd 238
COMPANY PROFILES – Ambulance Services 239
Cape Medical Response CC 239
David's Medical Response CC 240
ER24 EMS (Pty) Ltd 242
Friedcorp 529 CC 247
Gardmed Ambulance Service Trust 248
KwaZulu Private Ambulance CC 250
Netcare Ltd 252
Relay EMS (Pty) Ltd 258
COMPANY PROFILES – Blood Banks 260
South African National Blood Service NPC 260
Western Cape Blood Service NPC 264

Report Coverage

This report focuses on the healthcare sector in South Africa and examines the capacity and capabilities of the healthcare system and the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the sector. It includes information on the state and size of the sector, developments and corporate actions of notable players, and influencing factors including the coronavirus pandemic and regulation. There are profiles of 26 entities including the Department of Health and the South African National Blood Service, major private hospital groups Life Healthcare, Mediclinic and Netcare and laboratory services such as Ampath.

The Healthcare Sector in South Africa

Expenditure on South Africa’s public and private healthcare in the formal sector totalled more than R400bn in 2019, while traditional healers that largely operate in the informal sector generated an estimated R3.5bn. The coronavirus pandemic has focused attention on the state of the healthcare system and its capacity to respond effectively to the health crisis. While private healthcare delivery is generally of a high standard, most public sector healthcare facilities are overextended, understaffed and poorly resourced.

Prohibitive Costs

Due to the high cost of private healthcare, particularly the cost of hospitalisation, specialist fees and radiology, more than 83% of the population is reliant on overburdened public health services. The prohibitive cost of private healthcare was a focal area of an inquiry by the Competition Commission, whose findings and recommendations were published in September 2019. To redress inequities in the health sector, government plans to overhaul the system and phase in National Health Insurance.

Burden of Disease

South Africa has high maternal, infant and child mortality rates, a high incidence of infectious diseases, especially HIV/Aids and TB, a rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes, cancer and hypertension and an extremely high number of trauma cases, largely related to the high levels of violent crime and road accidents. There has been considerable progress in the management of infectious diseases such as HIV and Aids. South Africa’s ARV treatment programme is the largest of its kind in the world.

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Value Chain 4
2.2. Geographic Position 5
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 7
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 12
4.1. Local 12
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 18
4.1.2. Regulations 19
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 23
4.2. Continental 24
4.3. International 27
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 31
5.1. Coronavirus 31
5.2. Government Interventions 34
5.3. Economic Environment 36
5.4. Labour Resources 37
5.5. Input Costs 41
5.6. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 41
5.7. Environmental Concerns 45
5.8. Civil Society 46
5.9. Cyclicality 47
6. COMPETITION 47
6.1. Barriers to Entry 48
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 49
8. OUTLOOK 50
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER ENTITIIES 51
10. REFERENCES 53
10.1. Publications 53
10.2. Websites 54
APPENDIX 1 - SUMMARY OF NOTABLE PLAYERS 56
Government Hospitals 56
Private Hospitals 56
Medical and Dental Practices 60
Optical 61
Blood Banks 61
Pathology Practices 62
Ambulance Services 63
COMPANY PROFILES - GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS 64
ADVANCED HEALTH LTD 64
BUSAMED (PTY) LTD 68
CLINIX HEALTH GROUP (PTY) LTD 70
LENMED INVESTMENTS LTD 74
LIFE HEALTHCARE GROUP (PTY) LTD 78
MEDICLINIC INTERNATIONAL PLC 87
NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 91
NATIONAL HOSPITAL NETWORK NPC 108
NETCARE LTD 117
COMPANY PROFILES – MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTICES 123
KAELO PRIMECURE (PTY) LTD 123
MEDICROSS HEALTHCARE GROUP (PTY) LTD 125
MOMENTUM METROPOLITAN HOLDINGS LTD 130
NOVAHEALTH (PTY) LTD 135
COMPANY PROFILES – OPTICAL 137
MELLINS I STYLE OPTOMETRISTS INC 137
MOFFATT INC 141
SPEC SAVERS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 143
TORGA OPTICAL (PTY) LTD 145
COMPANY PROFILES – BLOOD BANKS 150
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE NPC 150
WESTERN CAPE BLOOD SERVICE NPC 153
COMPANY PROFILES – PATHOLOGY PRACTICES 156
AC MAUFF AND PARTNERS 156
AMPATH TRUST 159
BIO ANALYTICAL RESEARCH CORPORATION SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 162
DIETRICH VOIGT MIA (PTY) LTD 164
NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE 168
COMPANY PROFILES – AMBULANCE SERVICES 172
ER24 EMS (PTY) LTD 172
GARDMED AMBULANCE SERVICE TRUST 177
NETCARE LTD 180

Report Coverage

This report covers the public and private sector healthcare sector, including the size and state of the sector and factors influencing its success in areas such as controlling disease, improving mortality rates and training and retaining skilled professionals. The report includes comprehensive profiles of 26 entities including national departments, blood services, hospital groups, emergency services and pathology laboratories. These major hospital groups such as Mediclinic, Life Healthcare and Netcare, which last year exited the UK. Emergency services such as ER24 and Gardmed are profiled, as are pathology labs such as Lancet and Ampath.

The Healthcare Sector

South Africa’s two-tiered healthcare sector is supported by more than 252,650 registered practitioners providing essential services through 7,90 public healthcare facilities and 524 private healthcare facilities. Expenditure on human health activities and services exceeded R400bn in the 2017/18 financial year, with private healthcare accounting for approximately R213bn of total spend. With an allocation of 12.3% of the total budget, health expenditure represents the third largest item of consolidated state expenditure, but the public healthcare system continues to decline.

Developments

The healthcare sector is poised for significant change with the proposed introduction of National Health Insurance which seeks to provide all South Africans with access to quality healthcare. The prohibitive cost of private sector continues to come under the scrutiny of the Competition Commission’s on-going health market inquiry. Other concerns relating to private healthcare include an apparent lack of accountability; over-servicing; the maldistribution of facilities and service providers; and the payment of incentives.

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Value Chain 4
2.2. Geographic Position 5
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 7
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 11
4.1. Local 11
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 22
4.1.2. Regulations 24
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Socio-Economic Development Initiatives 28
4.2. Continental 29
4.3. International 31
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 34
5.1. Government Interventions 34
5.2. Economic Environment 35
5.3. Input Costs 36
5.4. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 37
5.5. Labour Resources 41
5.6. Cyclicality 46
5.7. Civil Society 46
5.8. Environmental Concerns 47
6. COMPETITION 49
6.1. Barriers to Entry 51
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 52
8. OUTLOOK 53
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES 53
10. REFERENCES 58
10.1. Publications 58
10.2. Websites 58
APPENDIX 1 - SUMMARY OF NOTABLE PLAYERS 61
Government Hospitals 61
Private Hospitals 61
Medical and Dental Practices 66
Optical 67
Blood Banks 67
Pathology Practices 68
Ambulance Services 93199b 69
COMPANY PROFILES – GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS 71
ADVANCED HEALTH LTD 71
BUSAMED (PTY) LTD 75
CLINIX HEALTH GROUP (PTY) LTD 78
LENMED INVESTMENTS LTD 81
LIFE HEALTHCARE GROUP (PTY) LTD 85
MEDICLINIC INTERNATIONAL PLC 93
NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 97
NATIONAL HOSPITAL NETWORK 113
NETCARE LTD 122
COMPANY PROFILES – MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTICES 127
KAELO PRIMECURE (PTY) LTD 127
MEDICROSS HEALTHCARE GROUP (PTY) LTD 129
METROPOLITAN HEALTH RISK MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD 133
NOVAHEALTH (PTY) LTD 135
COMPANY PROFILES – OPTICAL 136
MELLINS I STYLE OPTOMETRISTS INC 136
MOFFATT INC 139
SPEC SAVERS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 141
TORGA OPTICAL (PTY) LTD 143
COMPANY PROFILES – BLOOD BANKS 148
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE 148
WESTERN CAPE BLOOD SERVICE 151
COMPANY PROFILES – PATHOLOGY PRACTICES 154
AMPATH TRUST 154
BIO ANALYTICAL RESEARCH CORPORATION SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 157
DIETRICH VOIGT MIA (PTY) LTD 160
LANCET LABORATORIES (PTY) LTD 164
NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE 167
COMPANY PROFILES – AMBULANCE SERVICES 171
ER24 EMS (PTY) LTD 171
GARDMED AMBULANCE SERVICE TRUST 176
NETCARE LTD 179

Report Coverage

The detailed report on South Africa’s healthcare sector describes current conditions, developments and investments, as well as other factors that influence the success of the sector. The report profiles 25 companies that operate in the sector ranging from Busamed, a black-owned and operated national specialist private hospital network, to pathology practice, A C Mauff and Partners t/a Lancet Laboratories. Also profiled are two blood banks, the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) and the Western Province Blood Transfusion Services.

The Healthcare sector

South Africa’s healthcare sector, supported by 249,827 registered practitioners, performs a critical role in society providing essential services to the country’s population of more than 56.5 million people. With total expenditure rising to almost R378bn during the 2016/17 financial year, the sector accounts for approximately 8.3% of national GDP. Of this total amount, approximately R182.71bn is expected to be spent in public sector health facilities which serve more than 80% of the population while an estimated R189.08bn will be spent in the private sector.

National Health Insurance

The government aims to introduce National Health Insurance (NHI) in an effort to redress the inequalities in the country’s health sector. The Cabinet’s recent approval of the reissued NHI White Paper means that once implemented, all South African residents should be able to access quality healthcare services. However, most of the country’s public health facilities are under-resourced and over-extended and the recent collapse of public oncology services in Durban and the tragic consequences of Gauteng’s mental health crisis have further eroded confidence in a public health sector crippled by medical negligence claims. The funding of the new system remains a contentious subject and the Minister of Health announced possible adjustments to the tax credit on medical scheme contributions, which currently amount to around R20bn per annum. Other funding options include payroll tax, an increase in VAT and a personal income tax surcharge. The future role of private healthcare providers and medical schemes is also uncertain at present.

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Value Chain 3
2.2. Geographic Position 5
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 5
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 16
4.1. Local 16
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 27
4.1.2. Regulations 29
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Socio-Economic Development Initiatives 32
4.2. Continental 33
4.3. International 34
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 38
5.1. Government Interventions 38
5.2. Economic Environment 39
5.3. Input Costs 40
5.4. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 41
5.5. Labour Resources 46
5.6. Cyclicality 50
5.7. Civil Society 50
5.8. Environmental Concerns 51
6. COMPETITION 53
6.1. Barriers to Entry 56
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 56
8. OUTLOOK 57
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES 58
10. REFERENCES 62
10.1. Publications 62
10.2. Websites 63
APPENDIX 1 65
Classification of Public Healthcare Facilities 65
APPENDIX 2 66
Provincial Distribution of Nursing Manpower as at 31 December 2016 66
APPENDIX 3 67
The Potential Impact of eHealth and mHealth on Africa 67
COMPANY PROFILES – GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS 68
ADVANCED HEALTH LTD 68
BUSAMED (PTY) LTD 72
CLINIX HEALTH GROUP LTD 74
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 77
LENMED INVESTMENTS LTD 95
LIFE HEALTHCARE GROUP (PTY) LTD 100
MEDICLINIC INTERNATIONAL PLC 108
NATIONAL HOSPITAL NETWORK 112
NETCARE LTD 120
COMPANY PROFILES – MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTICES 126
MEDICROSS HEALTHCARE GROUP (PTY) LTD 126
METROPOLITAN HEALTH RISK MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD 130
PRIME CURE HEALTH (PTY) LTD 132
COMPANY PROFILES – OPTICAL 134
MELLINS I STYLE OPTOMETRISTS INC 134
MOFFATT INC 137
SPEC SAVERS SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 139
TORGA OPTICAL (PTY) LTD 141
COMPANY PROFILES – BLOOD BANKS 147
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE 147
WESTERN PROVINCE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICES 150
COMPANY PROFILES – PATHOLOGY PRACTICES 153
AMPATH TRUST 153
BIO ANALYTICAL RESEARCH CORPORATION SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 156
DIETRICH VOIGT MIA (PTY) LTD 159
LANCET LABORATORIES (PTY) LTD 163
NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE 166
COMPANY PROFILES – AMBULANCE SERVICES 171
ER24 EMS (PTY) LTD 171
GARDMED AMBULANCE SERVICES TRUST 175
NETCARE LTD 177

Report coverage

The detailed report on the country’s healthcare industry describes current conditions, the latest developments in the public and private sectors and discusses factors influencing the success of this vital sector. The report profiles 25 role players, including Blood Banks, Pathology Practices and Ambulance Services. Also profiled are Netcare Limited, Life Healthcare and Mediclinic Southern Africa, which together account for 75% of the domestic private healthcare market.

Human Health Activities

This report focuses on the South African healthcare sector which falls under the jurisdiction of the National Department of Health and comprises the public sector, private for-profit healthcare providers and private not-for-profit healthcare providers. Stakeholders estimate that more than 80% of the country’s population relies on public health facilities, which, for the most part, are under-resourced and over-extended. This highly polarised sector, which is currently the subject of a Competition Commission inquiry, comprises 240,024 registered healthcare workers serving a population of around 55 million people. Total health expenditure for the financial year 2015/2016 increased to R357.03bn, approximately 8.8% of GDP.

A sector under pressure

The healthcare sector is confronted by numerous challenges, including what is termed the Quadruple Burden of Disease: infectious diseases, notably HIV and Tuberculosis; maternal and child mortality; non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer and hypertension; and violence, injuries and trauma. Although the country’s HIV treatment programme has improved and from September 2016 all HIV-positive South Africans will have access to antiretroviral drugs regardless of their CD4 count, South Africa still has the highest number of HIV/AIDS cases in the world with 6.19 million people living with the disease.The shortage of healthcare professionals remains one of the most critical challenges facing the healthcare sector. With the doctor to population ratio having declined well below the global average of 15 doctors per 10,000 people, to six doctors per 10,000 people, many stakeholders believe that the shortage of medical professionals in South Africa is a national crisis.

Report coverage

The detailed report on the country’s healthcare industry describes current conditions, the latest developments in the public and private sectors and discusses factors influencing the success of this vital sector. The report profiles 25 role players, including Blood Banks, Pathology Practices and Ambulance Services. Also profiled are Netcare Limited, Life Healthcare and Mediclinic Southern Africa, which together account for 75% of the domestic private healthcare market.

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Value Chain 3
2.2. Geographic Position 4
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 5
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 17
4.1. Local 17
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 26
4.1.2. Regulations 28
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Socio-Economic Development Initiatives 31
4.2. Continental 31
4.3. International 34
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 37
5.1. Government Intervention 37
5.2. Economic Environment 38
5.3. Input Costs 40
5.4. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 40
5.5. Labour Resources 45
5.6. Lack of Facilities 48
5.7. Civil Society 50
5.8. Environmental Concerns 51
6. COMPETITION 53
6.1. Barriers to Entry 55
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 56
8. OUTLOOK 57
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 58
10. REFERENCES 60
10.1. Publications 60
10.2. Websites 61
APPENDIX 1 64
Classification of Public Healthcare Facilities 64
APPENDIX 2 65
APPENDIX 3 66
Total Number of Active HPCSA Registrations as at 03 May 2016 66
APPENDIX 4 71
The Potential Impact of eHealth and mHealth on Africa 71
COMPANY PROFILES – GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS 72
Advanced Health Ltd 72
Department of Health 76
Lenmed Investments Ltd 93
Life Healthcare Group (Pty) Ltd 98
Mediclinic International Plc 106
National Hospital Network 110
Netcare Ltd 119
Origin 6 Healthcare (Pty) Ltd 127
COMPANY PROFILES – BLOOD BANKS 128
South African National Blood Service 128
Western Province Blood Transfusion Services 130
COMPANY PROFILES – MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTICES 133
CareCross Health (Pty) Ltd 133
Medicross Healthcare Group (Pty) Ltd 135
Metropolitan Health Risk Management (Pty) Ltd 138
Prime Cure Health (Pty) Ltd 140
COMPANY PROFILES – OPTICAL 142
Mellins I Style Optometrists Inc 142
Moffatt Inc 145
Spec Savers South Africa (Pty) Ltd 147
Torga Optical (Pty) Ltd 149
COMPANY PROFILES – AMBULANCE SERVICES 154
ER24 EMS (Pty) Ltd 154
Gardmed Ambulance Services Trust 158
Netcare Ltd 161

Extract

Key issues currently facing the sector include the delivery of quality, affordable healthcare through the NHI programme...

Description

This report focuses on Human Health Activities in South Africa. The sector, which comprises both public and private entities, has 221,508 registered personnel and serves a population of approximately 52 million people.

The Healthcare Sector in South Africa 2015

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The Healthcare Sector in South Africa 2020-10-31

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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
2.1. Industry Supply Chain 2
2.2. Geographic Position 3
3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 4
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 16
4.1. Local 16
4.1.1. Corporate Actions 20
4.1.2. Regulations 20
4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 22
4.2. Continental 25
4.3. International 26
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 28
5.1. Government Intervention 28
5.2. Economic Environment 28
5.3. Rising Input Costs 29
5.4. Information Technology and Technology 29
5.5. Labour 31
5.6. Lack of Facilities 33
5.7. Civil Society 34
5.8. Environmental Concerns 34
6. COMPETITION 35
6.1. Barriers to Entry 36
6.2. Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 37
7. SWOT ANALYSIS 38
8. OUTLOOK 38
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 39
10. REFERENCES 40
10.1. Publications 40
10.2. Websites 41
ORGANOGRAM 93111 42
General Hospitals 42
COMPANY PROFILES 43
ADVANCED HEALTH LTD 43
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 45
LENMED INVESTMENTS LTD 48
LIFE HEALTHCARE GROUP (PTY) LTD 51
MEDICLINIC INTERNATIONAL LTD 56
NATIONAL HOSPITAL NETWORK 62
NETCARE LTD 68
ORGANOGRAM 9312 76
Medical and Dental Practice Activities 76
COMPANY PROFILES 77
CARECROSS HEALTH (PTY) LTD 77
MEDICROSS HEALTHCARE GROUP (PTY) LTD 79
METROPOLITAN HEALTH RISK MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD 81
PRIME CURE HEALTH (PTY) LTD 83
ORGANOGRAM 93191a 85
The Medical Optical Industry 85
COMPANY PROFILES 86
MELLINS I STYLE OPTOMETRISTS INC 86
MOFFATT INC 88
SPEC-SAVERS (PTY) LTD 90
TORGA OPTICAL (PTY) LTD 91
ORGANOGRAM 93199a 95
Pathology Practices in South Africa 95
COMPANY PROFILES 96
AMPATH TRUST 96
BIO ANALYTICAL RESEARCH CORPORATION SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 98
DIETRICH VOIGT MIA (PTY) LTD 100
LANCET LABORATORIES (PTY) LTD 102
NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE 104
ORGANOGRAM 93199b 107
Ambulance Services 107
COMPANY PROFILES 108
ER24 EMS (PTY) LTD 108
GARDMED AMBULANCE SERVICES TRUST 111
NETCARE 911 (PTY) LTD 113
ORGANOGRAM 93199c 115
Blood Banks 115
COMPANY PROFILES 116
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE 116
WESTERN PROVINCE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICES 118