Annual Programme of Work 2009 - Ministry of Health

• Curriculum on regenerative and healthy lifestyles developed and in use in all nursing
and midwifery training colleges
• Training programmes in Accident and Emergency, Community Psychiatry and
Paediatric Nursing introduced in training curricula
• Supervision strengthened through increased visits to training schools, training sites
and health facilities
Collaborators
Ghana Health Service, Teaching Hospitals, Ghana Registered Midwives Association,
National Accreditation Board (NAB), all nursing and midwifery training institutions,
International Nursing and Midwifery Regulatory bodies and associations, Development
Partners, Christian Health Association of Ghana and the Universities.
6.4.3. MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL
The Medical and Dental Council is a statutory agency that regulates the standards of training
and practice of medicine and dentistry in Ghana. It operates by prescribing, developing and
enforcing high standards of medical and dental practice that will ensure the safety of the
public. It also works through empowering the public to become active participants in their
medical and dental treatments.
10 districts and 2 regional hospitals were accredited for housemanship training. The register
of actual numbers of doctors and dentist practicing in the country was updated.
The Council is faced with inadequate requisite staff to manage the secretariat, and inadequate
numbers of accredited facilities for training housemen in specific disciplines leading to
congestion at the two teaching hospitals in the country.
The thrust of the council for 2009 is to strengthen human resource capacity to improve on
regulatory activities of the council and also to maintain an institutionalized, structured and
mandatory continuing professional development system as a condition for retention on the
register.
Priority Activities
• Recruit staff to augment the current workforce of the Council
• Develop a comprehensive registration information documentation system
• Accredit 5 district hospitals for housemanship training in Internal Medicine,
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, and Surgery
• Maintain a policy and guidelines on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as a
mandatory condition for retention on the registers of Council
• Develop standards and guidelines for facilities and practitioners to ensure ‘fitness to
practice’ medicine and dentistry.
• Review curricula of training institutions to respond to current trends and
developments.
Expected Results
• The capacity of the council to pursue its mandate is improved
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