National Health Laboratory Service

National Health Laboratory Service
Agency overview
Formed2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Preceding agencies
  • South African Institute for Medical Research
  • National Centre for Occupational Health
  • National Institute for Virology
JurisdictionSouth Africa
Employees≈  8000
Annual budget
  • R1.082 billion (2019/20)
  • DecreaseR747 million (2020/21)[1][2]
  • DecreaseR641.8 million (2021/22)[3]
Parent departmentDepartment of Health
Key documents
Websitewww.nhls.ac.za Edit this at Wikidata
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The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is a South African national government institution established in 2001. It was created by merging the South African Institute for Medical Research (SAIMR), the National Centre for Occupational Health and the National Institute for Virology. It also absorbed various provincial health department and university-run pathology laboratories.[4]

The NHLS is the diagnostic pathology service for the public sector in South Africa. A network of 265[5] laboratories service all public hospitals and clinics in the country.[6]

  1. ^ "NHLS Annual Report 2019-20" (PDF).
  2. ^ "NHLS Annual Report 2020-21" (PDF).
  3. ^ "National Health Laboratory Service Annual Review 2021/22" (PDF).
  4. ^ "National Health Laboratory Service | Who Are We?". Nhls.ac.za. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
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  6. ^ "National Health Laboratory Service | Diagnostic Services". Nhls.ac.za. Retrieved 2013-12-16.