| Health Minister meets with Joint Health Sector Group to discuss concerns about health sector job reclassification |
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| Tuesday, 09 March 2010 22:21 |
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Minister of Health, Hon. Rudyard Spencer says he will be taking the concerns expressed by the Joint Health Sector Group at a meeting today (Tuesday, March 9, 2010) to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to see how best they can be resolved. The parties met to discuss the issues raised about the public health sector job evaluation and reclassification exercise.
The group, comprising members of the Medical Association of Jamaica, Jamaica Medical Doctors Association, Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica, Association of Government Medical Consultants, Association of Public Dental Surgeons and the Jamaica Veterinary Medical Association expressed concern about various aspects of the reclassification report.
“It is important that the Ministry of Health and the groups in the health sector are on the same page. We therefore have to have these discussions with a view to understanding each other and charting a way forward. We have a common objective to improve the quality of health care and maximize the benefits to the Jamaican people,” the Minister said.
Minister Spencer assured the participants that another meeting will be scheduled with them after the matter is discussed with his counterparts from the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. “This is an inclusive process and so we encourage all the groups to express any concerns they may have so that at the end of the day we can have a good product that will be beneficial to all of us,” Minister Spencer said. -30- Contact: MOH, Public Relations Unit Tel: 967-1561 |