Health Dept says recent court ruling scrapping parts of health legislation has no effect on NHI

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The ruling still needs to be confirmed by the Constitutional Court but some say the sections are central to the State's plans for the NHI.

The Health Department has slammed suggestions that a recent High Court ruling scrapping sections of the NationEarlier this week, the High Court in Pretoria declared as invalid unimplemented sections of the act relating to the controversial Certificate of Need scheme, which would require the State to approve the locations of healthcare facilities.

The ruling still needs to be confirmed by the Constitutional Court but some say the sections are central to the state's plans for theBut the department says this isn't the case.

 

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