The Ministry of Health has extended the deadline for nurses and allied health professionals recently recruited and posted to various districts to report to their assigned places of work.
The new deadline is August 31, 2026, and the Ministry says this constitutes the final extension for all affected professionals.
According to the Ministry, some professionals who went through the required interviews and screening have already reported to their assigned facilities and commenced the process of being captured onto the payroll, with some already receiving their salaries.
The Ministry has also clarified the recruitment, posting, and salary payment processes amid what it describes as misleading information circulating publicly.
Under the established process, the Ministry first receives financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance before opening the recruitment portal for eligible applicants.
Applicants then apply for postings to their preferred districts and undergo interviews in their respective districts. Successful applicants accept their postings, after which their assigned facilities confirm their assumption of duty and submit the required documentation to the Ghana Health Service, Christian Health Association of Ghana and other relevant agencies.
An appointment letter is subsequently generated by the relevant agency to enable the applicant to complete the processes required for salary input.
Following completion of the salary input process, the facility validates the worker’s salary before payment is effected by the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD).
The Ministry stressed that every recruited professional must complete these processes before salary payment can be made, describing the procedure as necessary to ensure that only genuine workers are paid and to prevent payment for work not done or the creation of ghost names.
The Ministry has therefore directed Human Resource Directors and other relevant officers to expedite the necessary processes to ensure that all eligible professionals who have reported for duty are promptly captured and processed for salary payment.
Directors and managers have also been instructed to use the September 2026 data entry window to mechanise all professionals who have assumed duty.
The Ministry further warned that professionals who fail to report to their assigned facilities by August 31, without an approved and justifiable reason, will have their names removed from the recruitment and posting system.
Such vacancies will subsequently be filled through a mop-up exercise scheduled for the first week of September 2026.
The Ministry of Health has therefore urged all affected professionals to take advantage of the final extension and report to their assigned facilities within the stipulated period.
