South Africa: Compliance Office Bearing Fruit in Health Sector

20 November 2012

Johannesburg — The Office of Health Standards Compliance operating in the National Department of Health is starting to see some improvements, says Health Director-General Precious Matsoso.

Addressing hospital CEOs, who attended a seminar on Quality Standards and Compliance on Tuesday, Matsoso said the office - with initially a small team of inspectors - carries out external inspections to check on the level of compliance with the set standards in health institutions.

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