Ghana Agreed On Nurses For Cash With The UK Government.

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has expressed worry about the potential negative impacts on the nation’s healthcare system of the bilateral agreement between the governments of Ghana and Britain to send qualified Ghanaian nurses to the United Kingdom.

Moreover, even while the agreement is admirable, the Association warns that if it is fully implemented, there may be a shortage of adequately educated nurses.

According to Perpetual Ofori Ampofo, President of the GRNMA, there are now only a few trained nurses in the system, thus in order to prevent a negative effect on the bilateral agreement, the government must train more professional nurses.

You observed that we have a greater percentage of certificate holders than diploma and degree holders, which is surprising. In order to increase the human resource capacity of the country, we need to change the way we train them and also look at improving the GRNMA’s infrastructure and supporting the caucus. By doing this, they will be better able to train more specialized nurses and midwives.

“At that moment, you will undoubtedly have enough people to work in Ghana and also go elsewhere to work. However, given the current situation, we will be hurt by what we did with the UK even though we are unable to undo it, according to the GRNMA President.

Furthermore, on Monday, December 5, 2022, on the floor of Parliament, Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu stated, “We are engaging with the government of the United Kingdom, and we are just about to sign a memorandum of agreement after cabinet approval to begin sending nurses for training and work there and return home after three years.

The small sum of money the UK government will donate to Ghana will be useful. When the contract is ended, it’s likely that we will receive more than 1000 pounds to come and support Ghana’s healthcare system for every single nurse that leaves.