Pretoria - The Emergency Care Board, under the ambit of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), is disturbed and would like to distance itself from the calls made by the South African Emergency Personnel's Union (SAEPU) for emergency care practitioners to carry firearms when on duty during this festive season

 

Pretoria - The Health Professions Council of South Africa’s (HPCSA) Inspectorate Office, as directed by the Professional Board for Radiography and Clinical Technology, is investigating various private companies performing home-based polysomnography (PSG) sleep studies and continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) titration studies with the aid of PSG equipment. Such conduct is in contravention of the Health Professions Act,56 of 1974 as it falls within the scope of profession of Clinical Technology (either with specialisation in Neurophysiology or Pulmonology), which is a profession registerable with the HPCSA, whilst neither their owners/directors or employees are registered as Clinical Technologists with the HPCSA

 

Pretoria - The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) will be hosting a Symposium for all healthcare practitioners in Bloemfontein, Free State Province as part of its stakeholder engagement process.  

 

Pretoria – The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is a statutory body, established to protect the public and guiding the professions. The mission of the HPCSA is quality healthcare standards for all.
In order to fully discharge its mandate of protecting the public and guiding the professions, the HPCSA in collaboration with the Emalahleni Local Municipality and the Department of Health will be hosting a public awareness campaign in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga Province

The symposium is an engagement platform initiated by Council as a mechanism to interact with its stakeholders and receive feedback on pertinent issues that affect them.