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BusinessLive reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has called for the overhaul of the SA Nursing Council (SANC), saying it has become a stumbling block to the transformation of the nursing profession.
Nehawu’s Nobukhosi Xulu said her colleagues have encountered several challenges when dealing with the council regarding issues such as nursing education, professional development, governance and leadership, and professional statutory fees, among other things. The SANC is an autonomous, financially independent, statutory body entrusted to set and maintain standards of nursing education and practice in SA. “The SANC has, over the years, been a stumbling block to the transformation of the nursing profession and in many instances hindered progress of the profession,” Xulu claimed in her speech to mark International Nurses Day on Tuesday. She added that the transformation of the sector must be supported through implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) fund and the overhauling of regulatory body SANC itself, among other things. Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) president Simon Hlungwani criticised the government for not having a “staff retention strategy” in place for the nursing industry, saying the Covid-19 pandemic had become a “serious test” of the profession’s resilience.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luyolo Mkentane at BusinessLive
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