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The Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) is the regulator mandated to protect and promote the health and safety of users of health services and healthcare personnel. As part of ensuring the delivery of its mandate, the OHSC is actively working on finalising the outstanding inspection tools for various categories of health establishments. The OHSC conducts regular guidance and support workshops for healthcare personnel on the implementation of norms and standards regulations applicable to different categories of health establishments.

The guidance and support workshops are facilitated by the sub-programme: Health Standards Development and Training which is within Programme 4: Health Standards Design, Analysis and Support (HSDAS) of the OHSC. The workshops are conducted with the relevant authorities to ensure that those responsible for the implementation of the norms and standards regulations have a common
understanding and interpretation of the requirements, the intended benefits of compliance and common application to improve the quality of the health system and its outcomes. The norms and standards regulations applicable to different categories of health establishments were promulgated in 2018 and came into operation in 2019. The prescribed norms and standards contains seven (7) chapters which has twenty-two (22) regulations.

OHSC Bulletin-Guidance Workshops

The Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) is the regulator mandated to protect and promote the health and safety of users of health services and healthcare personnel. As part of ensuring the delivery of its mandate, the OHSC is actively working on finalising the outstanding inspection tools for various categories of health establishments. The OHSC conducts regular guidance and support workshops for healthcare personnel on the implementation of norms and standards regulations applicable to different categories of health establishments.

The guidance and support workshops are facilitated by the sub-programme: Health Standards Development and Training which is within Programme 4: Health Standards Design, Analysis and Support (HSDAS) of the OHSC. The workshops are conducted with the relevant authorities to ensure that those responsible for the implementation of the norms and standards regulations have a common
understanding and interpretation of the requirements, the intended benefits of compliance and common application to improve the quality of the health system and its outcomes. The norms and standards regulations applicable to different categories of health establishments were promulgated in 2018 and came into operation in 2019. The prescribed norms and standards contains seven (7) chapters which has twenty-two (22) regulations.

Media Statement_International Nurses Day 2024

As we bid farewell to 2023, the Office of the Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) would like to thank all stakeholders for their contribution to our shared common goal of ensuring quality and safe healthcare services to users of health services in the country.
Being a regulator of healthcare services, the OHSC continued to monitor health establishments’ compliance with the required minimum quality standards of care. As the country moves closer to the realisation of National Health Insurance, the OHSC appreciates the continued efforts from the broader health sector to improve the quality level of care in the country. The role of the OHSC in the NHI is the certification of compliant health establishments. It is imperative to note that the OHSC has a responsibility to protect beneficiaries of health services and to achieve this function relies on the collective effort from all role players in the health sectors to ensure improvement in the quality of healthcare and safety in South Africa.

The OHSC wishes to thank all health establishments that submitted their annual facility profiles and reported on indicators of risk as part of the early warning system (EWS) to assist the OHSC in monitoring breaches of norms and standards regulations and ascertain response by health establishments timeously.

Looking into the new year, through your support and collaboration, the OHSC will continue in its efforts to ensure quality and safe healthcare services by continuing to involve stakeholders in the development and implementation of inspection tools for various levels of care. The OHSC will endeavour to release broad recommendations on quality assurance for the entire health sector.
As 2023 draws closer, I wish you a joyful festive season and look forward to continuing this journey together.

Dr Siphiwe Mndaweni
Chief Executive Officer
Office of Health Standards Compliance