Financial Clearance Secured to Clear Payment Backlog for Health Workers

The Ministry of Health has stated that approvals have been secured to clear all allowances and salary payment backlogs from previous years, owed to health workers.

This means that payment of allowances and salaries will soon be effected for 14,279 rotation nurses and midwives, as well as 637 medical and dental house officers.

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.

Meanwhile, the 637 Medical and Dental House Officers were officers who graduated from various public and private institutions, successfully passed the Medical and Dental Council examinations, and were inducted into service on November 12, 2025.

“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,” it announced in a statement.

It asserted that the move sets 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 health care services to the people of Ghana.”

Story by Hajara Fuseini

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