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The outstanding trainee allowances for 2024 will be released this Thursday, May 16, 2024, for payment to nursing and teacher trainees nationwide, according to a statement made by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president and NPP’s flagbearer. The allowances for both teacher and nursing trainees, which the Akufo-Addo government restored …

The National Council of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has served notice of the series of activities to register their displeasure over the recent increment in the cost of verification fees for nurses. Parliament announced a new cost of foreign verification from an initial 550 Ghana cedis …

The Ghana Health Service has revealed that a total of 3,688 health personnel have left the country to seek greener pastures within the last three years. The Ghana Health Service says the figure comprises professional and critical caregivers. Some health professionals leaving the country have cited poor working conditions in …

he Health and Wellness Minister of Bahamas, Dr Michael Darville has revealed that Eighteen (18) specialty nurses from Ghana are scheduled to arrive in The Bahamas by the end of October to help relieve a shortage of nurses. “I would like to see them in the country before the end …

The Director of the Ghana Health Service’s (GHS) regional office in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Emmanuel Tenkorang, has disclosed that most of the nurses eloping the country for greener pastures abroad do so by taking a ‘leave without pay’ from their various departments. Speaking in an interview with journalists, Dr. …

An angry patient threw urine at nurses who were sitting in a canteen gossiping after he had spent four hours waiting to be attended to at a clinic in South Africa. In a video shared on social media, the man can be heard complaining about how long he had been …

Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are to go on strike from 08:00 on Thursday in the largest action of its kind in NHS history.   Staff will continue to provide “life-preserving” and some urgent care but routine surgery and other planned treatment is likely to be disrupted. The …

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has revealed an imminent bilateral agreement between the Government of Ghana and the British Government to send Ghanaian trained Nurses to the United Kingdom (UK) in exchange for financial considerations. According to Mr Agyemang Manu, this will be similar to an already existing arrangement …

The Ghana Health Service(GHS), has withdrawn nurses from the CHPS compound in Asikesu a farming community in Upper West Akyem Municipality due to perilous condition of the facility. The old post office building converted to CHPs compound continues to deteriorate. A portion of the building collapsed few weeks ago forcing …

Some nurses across the country are seething with rage over the government’s delay in the release of their February salary.   According to the nurses, the situation has become unbearable for many health workers.   “Many a time, as government workers on the Controller and Accountant General’s Department payroll, the …