OHSC STATEMENT 28 March 2020 OHSC STATEMENT ON ENSURING SAFETY OF ALL HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC DURING THIS PERIOD OF COMBATING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19 The […]

The Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) is an independent health regulatory body created by the National Health Amendment Act of 2013 to promote and protect the health and safety […]

The Health Ombud, Prof Malegapuru Makgoba welcomes the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill as this important step is long overdue. ‘The provision of universal quality healthcare is […]

Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Joe Phaahla Director-General of the Department of Health, Ms. Malebona Matsoso Hon MA Dunjwa, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee […]

The Health Ombud, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba will brief members of the media about the “Report on an Investigation into Allegations of Patient Mismanagement and Patient Rights Violations at the Tower […]

SUMMARY With the release of the White paper for public comments, this provides an opportunity to listen and discuss with each other as South Africans to find the best way/s […]

Following the release of the OHSC 2016/17 annual inspection report on the 5th June, and the subsequent enquiries following the release of the report, the OHSC promised to engage further […]

The Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) presented the findings of its 2016/17 Annual Inspection Report on 05 June 2018 to the Portfolio Committee on Health in Parliament. The report […]

The Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) wishes to distance itself from the misleading heading that appeared in the Business Day on the 6th June 2018, related to the report […]

I would like to put on record that there has been an unfortunate and distorted misrepresentation of my assessment as the Health Ombud of the state of the Health System […]