Health and Wellness:
In relation to home-based care delivered by the Department of Health and Wellness:
- What different types of home-based care are delivered by her Department, (b) how many patients benefit from home-based care and (c) how much money did her Department spend on home-based care in the 2022/23 financial year?
- Community Based Services are provided to patients in their own home, an alternate living environment, work, learning or social environment. The core service is rendered in the community, however, supplementary services may be rendered at a health facility as required and determined by sub-structure/sub-district management. Pillars of primary healthcare (Primary healthcare approach):
Prevention, Promotion, Curative, Rehabilitation and Palliation. Service components include:
- Community entry and engagement
- Maternal and newborn health
- Child and adolescent health
- Healthy adults and aging
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
A life course approach has been adopted addressing preventative interventions as well as burden of disease support requirements with a strong link with the primary health care facilities established and strengthened to ensure optimal linkage to care.
- For 2022/23:
Metro: | 4 529 020 headcounts | Number of clients to whom care was provided by a HCBC team member in accordance with the HCBC service package that included completing an individual/ maternal health folder/ record/ child health folder/ RtHB
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Rural: | 2 813 356 contacts
| Clients to whom a service was provided by a community health worker during a home or crèche visit in accordance with service package for CHWs |
© Home Based Care Services budget for 2022/23 was R398 114 000,00
