Nursing and Midwifery Council Inducts 33,698 Newly Qualified Nurses and Midwives Across Five Zonal Centers
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC) of Ghana has formally inducted a batch of 33,698 newly qualified nurse assistants, general nurses, midwives, and post-basic specialist nurses into the healthcare profession.
The inductees successfully completed their academic and clinical training before passing the Council’s licensing examinations conducted in September 2025 and March/April 2026. Speaking at the ceremony held in Accra on Friday, November 13, 2026, N&MC Registrar Philomina A. N. Woolley announced that the induction exercises are being rolled out across five zonal centers: Accra, Tamale, Wa, Sunyani, and Cape Coast.
Held under the theme “Building Competence through Mandatory Rotation and Digital Innovation: Empowering Newly Qualified Nurses and Midwives to Improve Quality, Safety and Sustainable Care Outcomes,” the ceremony emphasized professional accountability and modern clinical standards. Registrar Woolley encouraged the new practitioners to seek guidance whenever uncertain, uphold strict patient confidentiality on electronic health records, and exercise extreme caution on social media. “A post can cost you your licence,” she warned, citing regulatory guidelines from the N&MC, the International Council of Nurses (ICN), and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM).
Representing the Minister of Health, the Director of Technical Coordination, Dr. Hafiz Adam Taher, acknowledged the employment concerns of new graduates and assured them of a transparent recruitment process and fair deployment across public health facilities. He urged the inductees to rely solely on official communication channels for recruitment updates and remain open to serving in underserved communities where skilled healthcare workers are most needed.
In a speech delivered on her behalf, the President of the Conference of Heads of Health Training Institutions (COHHETI), Madam Jemimah Fati Salu, advised the inductees to anchor their daily clinical practice on the Council’s Fitness to Practise framework, stressing that ethical conduct, sound judgment, and patient dignity are just as vital as academic qualifications.
The ceremony also celebrated academic excellence by honoring seven top-performing inductees from the licensing examinations Gifty Yeboah, Deh Kwame Cornelius, Augustina Akua Lartey, Dramani Awal, Comfort Oppong, Osumanu Zinabu, and Ama Adjei Danquah each of whom received a commemorative plaque and an undisclosed cash award.
Source: Thepressradio.com
