MORATORIUM ON POSTS HITS GAUTENG HOSPITALS
A moratorium on the filling of posts is hitting Gauteng state hospitals hard as they struggle with staff shortages,
This moratorium was announced in a circular from the Gauteng Health Department headed "Further Cost Containment Measures" dated 30 November 2010, which also withdraws the freedom that CEOs had to appoint staff.
Any new appointments now have to be approved by Dr Kamy Chetty, the Head of the Department.
This is a retrograde move since it will add to the delays in filling critical positions.
We will certainly lose out as some doctors who were accepted on the basis of an interview will go elsewhere if their positions are not confirmed.