Well being Minister Michael Damianos is more likely to obtain a detrimental response from the nursing registration council concerning his proposal to rent nurses from non-EU nations to fill present staffing gaps in each private and non-private sectors.
Following the opposition from the Cyprus Nurses and Midwives Affiliation and commerce unions SEK and PEO, the unions representing public sector nurses (Pasidy and Pasyno) have additionally expressed their disapproval.
In keeping with every day Philenews, the president of the nursing registration council Christos Christodoulou stated that “the legislation have to be utilized because it stands with out exceptions”, referring to the truth that, for nurses from non-EU nations to be employed in Cyprus, they should be proficient in Greek.
Nevertheless, he additionally stated that an official assertion on the problem will probably be issued subsequent week.
In keeping with Christodoulou, Cyprus is brief by round 500 nurses to fill present staffing gaps in clinics and hospitals. As well as, solely round 120 nurses are set to graduate from nursing faculties this month.
“The nursing registration council will meet on this subject subsequent week,” Christodoulou stated, including an official announcement will probably be made after the assembly.
“Nevertheless, we will already say that as a registration council, we all the time demand strict adherence to the legislation concerning the {qualifications} and standards for registering a nurse within the skilled registry. Certainly one of these standards is an efficient data of the Greek language. If a nurse, whether or not from the EU or a 3rd nation, meets this requirement and their training ensures the standard of companies we demand, they will present companies to Cypriot sufferers.”
He then added that for the nursing registration council, the first concern is the right service of sufferers and the availability of high-level companies safely.
“All stakeholders want to come back collectively and talk about the issue,” he concluded.
Comparable statements have been made by the pinnacle of the Pasidy nursing department Prodromos Argyrides and by the spokesperson of the Cyprus Nurses Affiliation Theodoros Petelis.
“Since 2020, we’ve got been warning the well being ministry that we might have an issue with the variety of nurses in Cyprus,” Petelis stated.
“4 years have handed with none substantial motion. The implementation of the legislation, which incorporates good data of the Greek language, is non-negotiable for us. Incentives have to be given to Cypriot college students to decide on nursing faculties.”
He was echoed by Argyrides, who stated that “the Greek language requirement was included within the legislation after a really tragic incident, and this should not be forgotten.”
“This, together with the standard of companies derived from the nurses’ {qualifications}, have to be ensured. We have to entice new nurses. The planning have to be twofold, specifically long-term to cowl future wants and short-term for present wants. Nevertheless, no compromises could be made,” Argyrides concluded.
