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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, secondly, my Ministry is working to strengthen hospitals management. Training in leadership targeting top and middle level managers in hospitals has been undertaken. Our aim is to move rapidly towards the professional management of hospitals by professionally qualified managers. Our second object is to strengthen the referral strategy and communication across all levels of the healthcare delivery system from dispensaries to the national referral hospitals. In that regard I am in the process of putting in place a task force to review and revamp our referral strategy nationally. The report should be ready in three months for further action by the Ministry. Three, we will roll out the Hospital Management Services Fund with effect from 1st July, 2010 to improve financial management according to Legal Notice No. 155 of 16th October, last year. The National Hospitals Committee has been gazetted and launched and training is ongoing. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fourth thing that we are doing is to enhance periodic supportive supervision to hospitals and improve the environment and quality of services being offered within the existing financial resources. However, there are challenges of poor infrastructure and lack of basic medical equipment. One area in which this Ministry is facing a lot of challenges is the need to acquire modern diagnostic equipment and services to improve health delivery, because without proper diagnosis no proper healthcare can be undertaken. Five, restructuring of hospital management structures is underway with a view to strengthening administrative and technical structures. This will entail creation of positions of hospital CEOs, technical directors and administrative directors, among other positions. Six, as part of strengthening the public-private partnership in the health sector, the Ministry has been engaging various stakeholders in developing mechanisms for engagement such as the Inter-Agency Co-ordinating Committee on Public Private Partnership (PPP) that brings together all stakeholders to address issues of common interest. Areas identified for partnership include sharing of personnel, health commodities, hospital equipment, training and management, some of which I referred to when answering a Question today in this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other responsibility that the Ministry is carrying out is strengthening the procurement and supply of health commodities. The Kenya Medical Supplies Agency, KEMSA, is mandated to procure and supply drugs and medical supplies, establish warehouse facilities for storage, packaging and sale of drugs and medical supplies to health institutions, conduct analysis of drugs and medical supplies to determine their suitability, advise consumers and health providers on the national cost-effective use of drugs and make available facilities for use by educational institutions."
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