Table 1.

Practicing health personnel by sector April 2018.

Source: Author’s own Table based on Health Systems Trust [24]

Province	Pupil auxiliary nurses	Student nurses	Enrolled nurses	Nursing assistants	Professional nurses	Medical practitioners	Medical researchers	Medical specialists	Other	Total	% of total
Eastern Cape	356	–	3263	5260	10,993	1903	1	177	6210	28,163	12
Free State	76	–	939	1972	2295	664	5	293	2954	9198	4
Gauteng	823	2902	7694	6518	14,223	3614	13	1929	12,034	49,750	22
KwaZulu-Natal	512	951	9926	5976	17,163	3383	120	808	12,480	51,319	22
Limpopo	64	470	4085	4731	9409	1248	12	60	12,389	32,468	14
Mpumalanga	67	749	1881	1431	5471	1079	1	78	7687	18,444	8
Northern Cape	116	–	237	864	1520	457	2	21	3070	6287	3
North West	49	21	958	2489	4511	934	–	116	6842	15,920	7
Western Cape	225	–	2608	4152	5314	1719	6	1345	5622	20,991	9
Total	2288	5093	31,591	33,393	70,899	15,001	160	4827	64,965	228,217	100

“Other” refers to clinical associates, community health workers, dental practitioners, therapists and specialists, environmental health workers, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, psychologists, radiographers and speech therapists and audiologists. The figures exclude national personnel. Community health workers comprise 83 per cent of the other category