07.04.01.02. Hospice centres | South Africa
07.04.01.02. Hospice centres | South Africa
15 Aug 2022
For hospice facilities, according to the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (see https://hpca.co.za/province/western-cape/), there is a total of 97 hospice facilities across the nine provinces. The table below illustrates the total facilities in each province, with a noticeable bias towards urban areas:
| Province | Total (HPCA) |
| Western Cape | 17 |
| Eastern Cape | 7 |
| Free State | 8 |
| Gauteng | 16 |
| Kwazulu-Natal | 19 |
| Limpopo | 2 |
| Mpumalanga | 8 |
| North West | 8 |
| Northern Cape | 12 |
As with LTC-sector, there is no information available that indicates the total bed availability across these facilities and how many (if any) are available for dementia.