About 20 000 new and renewed OfficialSASSA disability grant beneficiaries are currently on waiting lists to see an assessment doctor, with the highest number in the Western Cape at 4 945.
Johannesburg - About 20 000 new and renewed SA Social Security Agency disability grant beneficiaries are currently on waiting lists to see an assessment doctor, with the highest number in the Western Cape at 4 945.
“In order to address this, Sassa Western Cape has been granted authority to deviate from normal tender processes by National Treasury to appoint doctors in the George and Boland areas through a closed bidding process by approaching all doctors listed on the HPCSA database as a fairness measure,” Zulu said.The backlogs in assessments of disability grant cases has been an historic issue within the social grants system.
“Programme managers are required to come up with innovative measures to address backlogs and avoid the emergence of backlogs.
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