The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) said on Wednesday it was against public-private-partnerships (PPPs) in state hospitals because they included outsourcing of staff and facilities.

"While we support the raising of funds from the private sector to build new hospitals, we are against the use of public-private-partnerships, which includes outsourcing of management and operations of facilities," Nehawu spokesman Sizwe Pamla said.

This follows President Jacob Zuma and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's tour of a hospital ward, funded through a public-private partnership, at Johannesburg's Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital on Tuesday.

The union called on Motsoaledi to assure it that PPPs would not include outsourcing.

"Nehawu is fiercely opposed to outsourcing, privatisation and public private partnerships in the public service, as we believe that it is the state's responsibility to deliver services to poor working class communities," Pamla said.

The union was angered by government's "naked attempt to impose the PPPs without providing more details as to what they mean and without proper and meaningful consultations with stakeholders".

Nehawu warned government there would be "blood on the floor" should they try to impose PPPs without proper consultations.

"Health provision is a constitutional right for all South Africans. This right continues to be undermined by the poor quality of services and the state's delegation of its responsibility to the business sector," Pamla said.