Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has given the strongest assurances that salary arrears for 321 pharmacist house officers who completed training in 2024 are being processed.
The minister made this disclosure when he had his turn on the government's accountability series on Friday, July 18, 2025. "While 1,621 qualified pharmacists await permanent employment, we are prioritizing their recruitment as part of strengthening our health workforce," he said.
The Minister also touched on efforts being made to clear a backlog of health workers who have been unemployed. "We recognise the challenge of over 70,000 qualified health workers currently awaiting employment, but I want to assure you that we are working tirelessly to clear this backlog," he said.
The Minister highlighted the recruitment of some 10,000 health staff in the six months the government has been in office indicating that there is more to come in the coming months.
