NAJ President Janet Coore Farr - file photo
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Janet Coore Farr, NAJ President
The Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) has complained that no meeting has yet been held to discuss strategies to stem the migration of some of its members from the health sector.
Earlier this year, Health Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton said his ministry would look at proposals to help retain nurses in the system.
Most of the nurses who have left, have taken up better paying jobs overseas.
In an interview with RJR News Wednesday morning, NAJ President Janet Coore Farr, said she was still awaiting the discussion with the Minister.
"We have not sat at the table, the minister has not called us to a table to discuss anything regarding migration of nurses, so I have requested a meeting. I understand there is going to be a meeting set up for some time in September and so we will have to take it from there,' she said.
Mrs. Coore Farr is proposing certain incentives which would encourage nurses to remain in Jamaica.
"One of the things that we could do is the nurses who work in, for instance, the township areas - the Kingston metropolitan area - they could be paid more. Britain does that with the nurses in London; they give them a little housing and that kind of incentive... but we cannot get around the fact that money has to be paid," she asserted.
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