The department has noted the staffing anomaly in which some institutions are slightly overstaffed whilst others are severely under-staffed. This results, for instance, in a clinic being closed down whenever a single staff member becomes ill. He said the department intends to prioritise the completion of its staff establishment in a manner that will achieve optimal, yet affordable staffing of our institutions. He said that that would be subject to annual review. The department has set aside R9 million for the filling of posts.
Performance management assists managers to improve performance and to correct poor performance.
The department will soon have a performance management and development system fully in place during the course of this year. This will help us to measure our responsibilities and obligations to one another and to the people. Dr Sefularo emphasised that performance management would not be used as an instrument to punish non-performance, but to help improve performance. END Department of Health.