The Ghana Registered Nurses Association has suspended its planned nationwide withdrawal of services.
This follows the suspension of the decision by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to charge GHC3,000 as verification fee for nurses and midwives who apply to practise abroad.
Based on this decision, the GRNMA has suspended its planned nationwide withdrawal of services. The President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Mrs Perpetual Ofori Ampofo said this when she addressed a news conference in Accra on March 27, 2024.
“The National Council of GRNMA at its sitting today 27th day of March 2024, has equally taken a decision to halt its action of protest. We wish to assure all nurses and midwives that the leadership of the GRNMA will work with all stakeholders to address our challenges”.
In another development, the President of the Association called on the Ministry of Health “to halt the discriminatory sale of Clearance Forms to nurses and midwives.
It would be recalled that the GRNMA served notice on March 21, to embark on a series of actions to demand the review of what they describe as the astronomical increment in the Verification Fee paid by nurses and midwives to the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana for verification of licenses.
They say that from the 22nd to the 27th of March 2024, their members will be wearing red bands across all health facilities and everywhere that nurses and midwives work.
On 27th March 2024, there is going to be a major press conference. From 28th March to 2nd April 2024 there is going to be a withdrawal of Out-Patient Department Services and on 3rd April 2024, withdrawal of In-Patient and other services.
“These actions have become necessary because, although the GRNMA officially communicated its discontentment about the 445.5% increment in the Verification Fee and requested for review of the amount to an acceptable level more than a week ago, the institutions involved which are the Parliament of Ghana, the Ministry of Health and the Nursing and Midwifery Council are yet to even acknowledge receipt of our letters and to make any effort towards having the GH¢3,000.00 reviewed,” a statement the GRNMA issued on Thursday March 21 said.
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By Daniel Opoku