Blouberg or Blaauwberg , is a group of suburbs situated along the Table Bay , approximately 16 kilometres (10 miles) north of Cape Town in the Western Cape , South Africa .
16-567: Blouberg (literally meaning blue mountain ) can refer to: Blouberg, Western Cape , a group of suburbs north of Cape Town and comprises Bloubergstrand, Table View and Parklands among other suburbs Bloubergstrand , a beach town near Cape Town named after the mountain Blouberg (range) , a rocky range in Limpopo Province Blouberg Local Municipality ,
32-572: A key part of its digitisation project. Netcare was established in 1996, and was listed on the JSE Limited (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) the same year. It initially expanded into the UK in 2001. In 2002 it won The Ophthalmic Chain contract in Kent , Merseyside , Cumbria , Lancashire , Hampshire , and Thames Valley , to carry out 44,500 cataract removals over a 5-year period and the £2.5bn contract for
48-561: A municipality in Limpopo Province named after the range Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blouberg . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blouberg&oldid=1236193097 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
64-410: A number of subsidiaries and employs just over 21 000 people. The group offers a range of medical services across the healthcare spectrum and operates South Africa’s largest network of private acute care hospitals as well as emergency medical services, primary healthcare, renal dialysis and mental health services. Netcare provides the following private healthcare facilities and services: Netcare
80-545: Is a new mixed-use development north of Sandown Road and just off the N7 highway . Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital is the sole hospital serving Blouberg. Owned by Netcare Limited , it is a private hospital operating 24-hour emergency services. The hospital is located between West Coast Road and Waterville Street, just north of West Coast Village in Sunningdale. Table View Clinic is a government-funded municipal clinic operated by
96-422: Is also a private trainer of nursing and emergency medical personnel through Netcare Education’s Faculty of Nursing and Ancillary Healthcare (FNAH) and Faculty of Emergency and Critical Care (FEEC). FNAH provides education and training at five campuses and FECC at two campuses. Netcare embarked on a digitisation programme in 2018. Netcare is implementing an integrated, fully mobile patient care system – CareOn - as
112-624: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Blouberg, Western Cape Situated on the West Coast, the geographical position of Blouberg is between the Blaauwberg Nature Reserve to the north and Milnerton to the south. Due to most of the area having been developed around Table View , Blouberg is also known as the Greater Table View area and many of
128-694: The City of Cape Town , catering to residents' healthcare needs within the Blaauwberg Health region. Blouberg is mainly reached via the R27 (West Coast Road), a major regional route connecting Milnerton and Cape Town to the south with Melkbosstrand and Velddrif to the north. The suburb can also be reached from Cape Town and Malmesbury via the N7 through the M12 Interchange in Du Noon and
144-618: The Greater Manchester Surgical Centre, a 48-bed facility at Trafford General Hospital to provide 44,863 elective procedures over 5 years with a diagnostics programme valued at £1bn. In 2004 it signed a contract to carry out 41,600 cataract operations for the NHS at sites throughout the UK including Cumberland Infirmary . The company acquired a controlling stake in General Healthcare Group ,
160-698: The M14 Interchange in Milnerton, from Milnerton and Muizenberg via the M5 , from Burgundy Estate and Parow via the M12 and from Parow and Melkbosstrand via the M14 . Netcare Limited Netcare Cancer Care Netcare 911 Netcare Medicross Akeso Clinics National Renal Care Netcare Plus Netcare Education Netcare Diagnostics Netcare Limited is a South African private healthcare company. It operates through
176-533: The UK's largest private hospital group with 50 hospitals, in 2006 for £2.2 billion. This brought Netcare's total number of hospitals to 120 with over 11,000 beds, 510 operating theatres, and 37 pharmacies. GHG had a subsidiary company, Amicus Health which tendered for NHS contracts. It had contracts with Stracathro Hospital for 8000 episodes of elective surgery in orthopaedics, urology, general surgery and gastroenterology from 2006–9. The company used Vanguard Healthcare mobile units to treat NHS cataract patients across
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#1732771862394192-564: The UK. The mobile cataract units in Cumbria had failure rates 6 times that of local NHS facilities. In 2019, Netcare partnered with Founders Factory Africa, selecting 35 African health-tech startups for an acceleration and incubation program. Accelerated startups will receive a £30,000 cash investment (≈$ 38,000) and £220,000 in support services from Founders Factory Africa. Incubator health-tech ventures will receive £60K cash and £100K toward support. Founders Factory Africa and Netcare will share
208-408: The city made the area a convenient place to purchase residential property and as a result, a lot of residential development has been constructed in recent years or is still under construction here. The area north of Blouberg has rapidly expanded with new extensions such as Sunningdale, Sandown and Parklands North, which mostly comprise of complexes and townhouses while the northern extension of Rivergate
224-573: The east along the Diep River are Rosendal, Sunridge and West Riding. North of Table View and east of West Coast Road is Sunningdale, Parklands and Parklands Extension. North of Sunningdale and Parklands on the urban edge is the new fast-developing suburb of Sandown. The areas east of the Diep River and west of the N7 are mainly dominated by industrial areas such as the Astron Energy Oil Refinery and Killarney Gardens and
240-595: The informal settlement of Du Noon . Richwood , located east of the N7 is a fast-developing middle-class residential suburb. Blouberg includes a host of several shopping malls with the largest of these being the established Bayside Mall in Table View and the newer Table Bay Mall in Sandown. Smaller shopping centres include: The location of Blouberg, just under 20 minutes from Cape Town and its self-sufficiency from
256-495: The suburbs are considered as extensions of Table View. Blouberg comprises the coastal suburbs of Bloubergstrand , Big Bay and Table View , which is the largest suburb of the area. Between these coastal suburbs and West Coast Road to the east are Bloubergrant, Blouberg Rise, Blouberg Sands and West Beach. Between Table View and the Rietvlei Wetland Reserve to the south is Flamingo Vlei. Bordering Table View to
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