Gov't Plan Boosts Nurse & Midwife Jobs for New Graduates in Ghana Style!
The Ghanaian government dey take steps wey go make am easy for hospitals demma inside England to hire nurses and midwives wey just finish school. Dis move dey come after people talk say graduates dey pass vacancies by three times for some areas for the health service.
The aim be say dem go free up hospitals for England to recruit people quick quick by cutting plenty rules and regulations. Dis dey include say dem go allow dem employ staff based on wetin dem think say dem go need, even before vacancies show face officially.
The Royal College of Nursing welcome the move but talk say the real test be if students go fit find jobs for real. Employers talk say e no clear how dem go fund the new measures fully. Health officials talk say nurses and midwives wey graduate pass vacancies by 4,000. Dis dey come out of 24,870 wey don graduate or dey expect to graduate for the next six months.
New measures go also see say dem go change some support worker posts temporarily to midwifery roles to create new openings for graduates. The Department of Health talk say the changes go tackle worries about jobs after record numbers choose to train for NHS professions during the pandemic – with nurses and midwives wey dey quit dey reduce.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting talk say: "E no make sense say we dey train thousands of nurses and midwives every year, only to leave dem without job before demma career start.
"I dey send clear message to every nurse and midwife wey just finish school. We dey here to support you from day one so you go fit provide the best care for patients and cut waiting lists."
The government go fund the new ‘graduate guarantee’ by changing up to 17,000 healthcare support worker vacancies to registered nursing and midwifery posts, and by allowing hospitals to “flex” another 24,000 nursing vacancies to graduate roles.
Ministers unveil demma graduate guarantee scheme to address the problems wey newly qualified nurses and midwives dey face in securing jobs for NHS.
From dis summer, hospitals go fit hire graduates before vacancies show face officially, with recruitment based on wetin dem think say dem go need instead of headcount.
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting talk say hospitals go fit change healthcare support worker roles wey dey vacant to posts for newly qualified nurses and midwives.
Professor Alison Leary, chair of healthcare and workforce modelling at London Southbank University, question if e dey reflect the reality wey health service providers dey face. She talk say e dey encouraging say dem recognize the issue of under employment of graduate nurses but e dey hard to reconcile the figures with wetin employers dey tell dem.