1. PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
PROGRESS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NURSING STRATEGY FOR EDUCATION TRAINING AND PRACTICE
Dr NJ Makhanya : Government Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer
Ms S.A. Mchunu : Acting Registrar SANC
30 November

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE Background Recommendations of the strategy
Approach in implementation
Progress to date
Conclusion

3. A MINISTERIAL INTERVENTION
11/8/2018
2011: The Nursing Summit
The Compact
The Ministerial Task Team (MTT)
2012: The National Strategic Plan For Nurse Education Training And Practice 2012/13 – 2016/17
2013: The Launch of the nursing strategy
2014: Appointment of The GCNMO

4. GOAL OF THE NURSING STRATEGY
DEVELOP RECONSTRUCT REVITALIZE
Development of the National nursing Education Policy.
Develop Nursing programmes for the new nursing qualifications in line with the Higher Education Qualifications Framework & new scopes of practice
Reconstruction of the Nursing Education system by supporting the three colleges to implement the new College based National Qualification Framework (NQF) aligned Education programmes & thus model a new system of educating & training nurses.
Programmes responsive to country’s PHC re-engineering strategy
Strengthening the Clinical Training Platform

5. ALIGNMENT WITH THE SEVEN STRATEGIC THRUSTS
NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR NURSE EDUCATION, TRAINING & PRACTICE
1. Nursing Education & Training
2. Resources in Nursing
3. Professional Ethos
4. Governance, Leadership, Legislation & Policy
5. Positive Practice Environment
6. Compensation, Benefits and Conditions of Service
7. Human Resources for Health

6. APPROACH IN IMPLEMENTATION
Alignment with health sector policy framework and education sector policy framework where relevant
Nursing education and training must be harmonised with the service needs of the health service to ensure qualifications are commensurate with scopes of practice.
Critical review of what has been done
Foster strategic partnerships with both internal and external partners who are lead agencies in each of the strategic focal areas of the strategy.
Phased approach in implementation

7. PHASE ONE THE THREEWAY PARTNERSHIP
PHASE ONE : NURSING EDUCATION AND NURSING EDUCATION &TRAINING GOVERNANCE AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK : THE ROLE OF NDOH DHET SANC &CHE

8. KEY STRATEGIC PARTNERS
National Department of Health
South African nursing Council
Department of Higher Education & the quality council

9. NURSING EDUCATION NURSING EDUCATION: A NATIONAL COMPETENCY
Address provincial inequalities
Standardise clinical training
Funding for nursing education
STATUS OF PUBLIC SECTOR COLLEGES
DEVELOP A NATIONAL NURSING EDUCATION POLICY
Engagement of between DOH & DHET to facilitate the incorporation of public sector colleges and their programmes to higher education sector
Establish a task team to draft a public nursing colleges Act.
Finalise accreditation framework for NEI
Standardisation of training
Determine training plan
Student status and funding support
New model for clinical training

10. PHASE ONE : THE ROLE OF SANC
Governance, Leadership, Legislation & Policy
DEVELOP REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Regulations for implementing the provisions of the Nursing Act 2005
Creation of specialist categories with competencies
FRAMEWORK FOR POST REGISTRATION CATERGORIES
SANC : THE MANDATE
Registers for learners & practitioners
Practice and conduct of practitioners
Education and training of nurses & midwives

11. PREPARATION OF COLLEGES
PHASE ONE : THE ROLE OF DHET
Governance ,Leadership Legislation and Policy
THE FUNCTION SHIFT
SHARED QUALITY ASSURANCE RESPONSIBILITES
PREPARATION OF COLLEGES

12. PROGRESS TO DATE : LEGAL; REGULATORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNCTION SHIFT
REGULATORY
PHASE IN PHASE OUT OF NURSING QUALIFICATIONS
RELATED REGULATIONS
CREATION OF SPECIALIST CATERGORIES
COMPETENCIES FOR NURSE/ MIDWIFE SPECIALISTS
FRAMEWORK FOR CONTINIUNG PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION WITH STAKEHOLDER
ADMINISTRATIVE
NATIONAL POLICY FOR NURSING EDUCATION AND TRAINING
DEFINING UNIQUE AND COMPLEMENTARY ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS
PREPARATION OF PUBLIC NURSING COLLEGES

13. THE NECESSARY NEXT STEPS
Review of the strategy
Consolidation of the implementation structures at provincial level
Introduction of the new nursing programmes .