The Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), is calling for
the resignation of the Registrar of the Nursing Council.
An emergency meeting was called to plan a response to what the association had labeled draconian practices by the Registrar of the Nursing Council.
The NAJ and the Jamaica Enrolled Nurses Association have also taken issue with the Nursing Council over the re-licensing of its members.
President of the NAJ Edith Allwood Anderson said reports have reached her office that some nurses who went to the Council to be re-licensed were given suspension letters by the Registrar.
Mrs. Allwood-Anderson said this led to a vote of no confidence being passed.
"One would speak to a no confidence motion against the chairman of the Council and the Registrar, requesting that the Minister appoint a new chairman to oversee the running of the Council. Two, that the Council convene an emergency meeting with a view to the removal of the Registrar making way for the appointment of a new one," she said.
Mrs. Allwood-Anderson added that the Nurses are adamant that if a meeting is not called soon, the repercussions could be severe.
The Nurses are to be re-licensed every two years, the deadline was December 31 last year.
An emergency meeting was called to plan a response to what the association had labeled draconian practices by the Registrar of the Nursing Council.
The NAJ and the Jamaica Enrolled Nurses Association have also taken issue with the Nursing Council over the re-licensing of its members.
President of the NAJ Edith Allwood Anderson said reports have reached her office that some nurses who went to the Council to be re-licensed were given suspension letters by the Registrar.
Mrs. Allwood-Anderson said this led to a vote of no confidence being passed.
"One would speak to a no confidence motion against the chairman of the Council and the Registrar, requesting that the Minister appoint a new chairman to oversee the running of the Council. Two, that the Council convene an emergency meeting with a view to the removal of the Registrar making way for the appointment of a new one," she said.
Mrs. Allwood-Anderson added that the Nurses are adamant that if a meeting is not called soon, the repercussions could be severe.
The Nurses are to be re-licensed every two years, the deadline was December 31 last year.
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