HPCSA extends registration period for new doctors

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Many graduates completed their studies later than usual due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns

Doctors waiting to be officially registered before they can start their internships, and move on to different levels of work, have been given a reprieve by the Health Professions Council of SA to ensure it can still happen in January.

Doctors completing their internships and who would be moving on to community service or independent practice were also affected by the delays caused by the pandemic. is impacted to the extent they would have to delay training by a whole quarter and only start training from April 1 2021 — an untenable situation which is avoidable,” Kwinda said.

 

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