History

Department, Budget and Accounts The Budget and Accounts Department is considered one of the vital departments in the General Directorate of Financial Affairs, and it plays a major and pivotal role in everything related to the budgets of the Ministry of Health, as it prepares, reviews and manages the budget in its two parts (Developmental and Current & Capital) in accordance with the regulations and laws regulating and in coordination with the relevant authorities, whether within the ministry or It is the reference for all directorates and hospitals in terms of budget management. Department, Contracts The Contracts Department is one of the vital departments in the Directorate General of Financial Affairs, which prepares and reviews contracts based on the specifications and requirements stipulated by the designated authorities. and is the reference for all health directorates in the governorates of the Sultanate with regard to contracts made within the limits of their approved entitlement. Department, Purchase and Tenders Department of Purchase & Tender carries out an important and major activity to provide the Ministry's internal and external projects, needs, and requirements of materials and assets, and to provide various services from appropriate sources, adhering to quality and standard specifications through financial procedures and practices by Tenders and Quotation Requests to obtain the best suitable offers, issuing purchase orders, follow-up and review the invoices received, all in accordance with the laws, regulations and financial publications coinciding with the support for Small and Medium Enterprises and Omani products. The Directorate relies on a smooth administrative organization and with efficient human force. Aiming to simplify and accelerate procedures by using several electronic systems to help the work done Department, Payroll and Expenditure The Payroll and Expenditure Department is the department concerned with preparing payment vouchers for the claims that are referred to the department according to the financial appropriations. Paying all dues for employees belonging to the Ministry’s office budgets and making the necessary increases, discounts, new appointments, promotions and termination of service with accuracy and confidentiality. In addition to disbursing the dues of employees and others according to the exchange vouchers prepared by the various departments of the department, in addition to following up the amounts owed to the Ministry from others and supplying them to the Ministry of Finance and following up on the bank account of the Ministry and making monthly matching for it. The expenses and salaries department is also responsible for following up all financial matters related to treatment abroad in countries of the world, and direct coordination with the health attachés regarding permanent advances, expenditures and any other revenues entered into the account of the attachés. Department, Revenue The department of Revenue is responsible in receiving revenues from health institutions in the region, collecting amounts due for payment to the Directorate General, in accordance with applicable financial procedures, and sending them to the Ministry of Finance, following up on the Receivables, preparing quarterly reports on them and submitting them to the competent authorities in the ministry. Section, Governorates Affairs Is concerned with the work of opening bank accounts, issuing signature cards for those authorized to sign financial documents, providing the competent authorities with insurance data on the property of the Ministry of Health, and providing general directorates in governorates and reference hospitals with all financial regulations, publications and circulars issued by the competent authorities and it is directly affiliated with the office of the Director General of Financial Affairs. Section, Quality Management The quality management section is following and implementing the Procedure of Quality Management and determine the necessary criteria and making the QMS through its improvement, documentations, implementation, and awareness training.