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Department: Health8.7 Programme 7: Health Care Support Services Objectives: To render support services required by the department to realise its aims. The programme has 3 sub-programmes with the following objectives: Orthotic and prosthetic services: Rendering specialised orthotic and prosthetic services. Medicine Trading Account (Pharmaceuticals Depot Management): Managing the supply of pharmaceuticals and medical sundries to hospitals, Community Health Centres and local authorities Medico-Legal Compensatory Services: The funds required for the services and supplies for anyone benefitting from an order incorporating the undertaking to pay remedy. Procurement or provision of reimbursement in respect of the services and supplies listed in annexures to a court order %u2013 directing that items be provided in terms of the undertaking to pay remedy or as supplemented with further services or supplies, pursuant to the judgement of Court. Table 28: Summary of payments and estimates: P7 - Health Care Support Services Outcome Main appropriationAdjusted appropriation Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change from 2024/25R thousand 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2025/26 2026/27 2027/281. Orthotic & Prosthetic Services 53 386 50 920 49 762 68 872 68 872 63 358 61 537 64 975 69 772 (2.9)2. Medicine Trading Account 61 667 62 066 62 934 74 915 74 915 75 326 78 586 81 899 85 601 4.33. Medico-Legal Compensatory Services %u2013 %u2013 %u2013 105 000 105 000 55 491 107 978 103 757 108 426 94.6Total payments and estimates 115 053 112 986 112 696 248 787 248 787 194 175 248 101 250 631 263 799 27.82024/25Tables 28 above shows a summary of payments and estimates for Health Care Support Services from 2021/22 to 2024/25 and over the 2025 MTEF period per sub-programme. The programme%u2019s total expenditure increased from R112.986 million in 2021/22 to a revised estimate of R194.175 million in 2024/25. In 2025/26, the budget increased by 27.8 per cent from R194.175 million to R248.101 million when compared to the 2024/25 revised estimate due to reprioritisation to cater for the new Sub-programme 7.3: Medico-Legal Compensatory Services during 2024 MTEF. 192