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Number of pharmacists

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Indicator Type: -> Health Services -> Health Personnel

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Number of pharmacists [Definition]
2000 Public sector1415223825397581648182[1] 1 085
2001 Public sector11573268279116822275219[2] 1 260
2002 Public sector10984275272109742362222[3] 1 238
2003 Public sector13175254274103702369213[4] 1 222
2003 Registered with SAPC8344364 3361 5612803931354781 783[5] 10 629
2004 Registered with SAPC8544324 3671 5902943981245091 855[6] 10 891
2005 Public sector2069926936514512335108257[7] 1 617
2005 Registered with SAPC8704214 3201 5933103971175121 832[8] 10 824
2006 Public sector1959827241517513754113278[9] 1 746
2007 Public sector1988829443720712251126301[10] 1 830
2007 Registered with SAPC9284784 4701 7383544471265761 977[11] 11 547
2008 Public sector1899829143822812544109324[12] 1 853
2008 Registered with SAPC9635024 5731 7844144531336082 049[13] 11 905
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2000-12-14
  2. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2001-11-30
  3. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2002-09-30
  4. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2003-19-30
  5. SAPC: South African Pharmacy Council. http://www.pharmcouncil.co.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/SAPC/
    Received by email from SAPC.
  6. SAPC: South African Pharmacy Council. http://www.pharmcouncil.co.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/SAPC/
    Personal communication, SAPC, 2005-06-27. Note that national total includes 7 pharmacists in Namibia and 460 for whom the provincial allocation is undefined. Data for end 2004.
  7. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2005-05-31
  8. SAPC: South African Pharmacy Council. http://www.pharmcouncil.co.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/SAPC/
    Personal communication, SAPC, 2005-06-27. Note that national total includes 8 pharmacists in Namibia and 444 for whom the provincial allocation is undefined. Data for beginning June 2005.
  9. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2006-03-31
  10. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Extracted 2007-03-31.
  11. SAPC: South African Pharmacy Council. http://www.pharmcouncil.co.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/SAPC/
    Data received 2007-05-15. Note that total for South Africa includes 453 pharamcists whose address is not in South Africa (i.e. overseas).
  12. PERSAL: PERSAL Personnel Administration System
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/PERSAL/
    Data extracted 2008-03-31. Note that this total includes only the posts that are filled at time of data extraction. The South African total also includes posts within the National Department of Health.
  13. SAPC: South African Pharmacy Council. http://www.pharmcouncil.co.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/HumanResources/SAPC/
    Data received 2008-05-29. Note that total for South Africa includes pharamcists whose address is not in South Africa (i.e. overseas).
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