The Ministry of Health has announced that it has obtained financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance to pay allowances and salaries for 14,279 rotation nurses and midwives, as well as 637 medical and dental house officers.
According to Tony Goodman, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, the clearance 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.”
The approval covers key nursing cadres, including Registered General Nurses, Registered Midwives, Registered Mental Health Nurses, Registered Community Health Nurses, and Registered Public Health Nurses, who began their rotation last year and are expected to complete it this year.
In addition, the clearance allows for the payment of salaries to 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.”
The Ministry highlighted that these approvals will clear all payment backlogs from previous years and introduce a new policy ensuring that allowances for all health professional cadres are paid monthly, rather than accumulating until the end of service. This policy will cover nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals.
The Ministry also reiterated its commitment to supporting health workers, stating it 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.”
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