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NORTH WEST PROVINCE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. NCOP PRESENTATION ON CONDITIONAL GRANTS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER ENDING 30 SEPTEMBER 2007/08 Cape Town Parliament 2007.11.13. Purpose. To provide information to the NCOP on: Outcomes of 2006/07 Audit
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NORTH WEST PROVINCEDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.NCOP PRESENTATION ON CONDITIONAL GRANTS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER ENDING 30 SEPTEMBER 2007/08 Cape Town Parliament 2007.11.13
Purpose. To provide information to the NCOP on: • Outcomes of 2006/07 Audit • Trends in allocations and expenditure since 2004/05. • Financial performance up to the end of the 2nd Quarter. • A brief assessment of the monitoring capacity. • Over/under spending and capacity constraints.
2006/07 Audit outcome • The department spent 96.2% of its budget, underspending by R137m. • It was qualified on tangible capital assets; commitments; and receivables for departmental revenue. • Although qualified there’s a marked improvement as qualification areas reduced from six (6)to the three (3) and the degree of qualifications has also reduced. • A turnaround strategy to implement remedial action has been developed and is being monitored on a monthly basis.
Over/Under Expenditure Q2 • Total Budget R523 931.00 • Total amount received for conditional grants is:R271,548m • Total amount spent R241,919m. (46.2%) • The unspent cash is R29,629m which is 10.91% of the amount received.
Challenges • Staff Turn over at ARV sites • Recruitment cycle • Spending scheduled for Q3 & 4 • Budget allocation for infrastructure grant • Slow progress on Revitalisation Projects • Recruitment of medical specialists
Interventions • Monthly monitoring of expenditure and commitments • Project and construction management capacity • Strengthened SLA monitoring of Agents – Dept. Public Works & IDT • Monthly reports from Agents • Bi Weekly reports to monitor DORA conditions
Monitoring systems. • Regular monitoring of expenditure and commitments (weekly). • Submission of variance reports to the Executive Management meeting every two weeks to identify blockages and remedial action. • Fast tracking expenditure by interventions through task teams. • Monthly and quarterly reports.