The Ministry of Health has secured financial clearance for the payment of allowances and salaries for 14, 279 rotation nurses and midwives.
The Financial clearance also covers 637 medical and Dental House Officers.
“The Ministry of Health has secured financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance for the payment of allowances and salaries for 14,279 rotation nurses and midwives, as well as 637 medical and dental house officers.” Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Tony Goodman said in a statement.
The Ministry added that “The approval follows sustained engagements between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance to ensure that newly trained health professionals are duly supported as they undertake their mandatory service and professional training”
“With respect to nurses the clearance covers key nursing cadres including Registered General Nurses, Registered Midwives, Registered Mental Health Nurses, Registered Community Health Nurses, and Registered Public Health Nurses who started their rotation last year and are due to complete this year” The statement read.
“In addition, financial clearance has also been granted for the payment of salaries of 637 Medical and Dental House Officers who graduated from various public and private institutions, successfully passed the Medical and Dental Council examinations, and were inducted into service on 12th November 2025.”
“These approval will clear all payment backlog from the previous years and set the stage for the Ministry’s new policy of ensuring monthly payments of allowances for mandatory service of all health professional cadres. Instead of the accrued payment by the end of their service especially nurses, pharmacists and Allied Health Professionals.”
“The Ministry will continue collaborating closely with the Ministry of Finance and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that health workers are sufficiently supported in delivering quality healthcare services to the people of Ghana.”
Source: Elvisanokye.com