1. Why do both the health department and SAHCS have guidelines?
Because the public and private health sectors cater for different markets, they each have their own guidelines — the health department’s for state patients and the SAHCS’s document for private sector clients. But Nel stresses that the two sets are very similar, so that people can get standardised care at whichever facility they use and know that their treatment won’t change dramatically, should they switch between the sectors. In cases where the two documents differ, the SAHCS will explain its thinking.
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