Pursuant to section 86. (1) of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921) and Section 13.0 of the Guidelines for Effective Functioning of Audit Committees, 2017, HeFRA has inaugurated its Audit Committee Members today 8th August, 2018 at Ministry of Health Conference room. In attendance were: 1. Hon. Kingsley Aboagye-Gyadu – Hon. Deputy Minister for Health 2. Mr. Ransford Agyei – Ag. Director General, Internal Audit Agency 3. Nana Otuo Acheampong – Board Chairman, HeFRA 4. Mr. Matthew Yaw…
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE DISCIPLINE FOR BETTER SERVICE -FROM HUMAN RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE
BY MR PHILIP QUAYSON Human Resource (HR) in every organization strives on three main pillars being HR Planning, HR Management and HR Development. Manpower planning is an effective tool in ensuring that, organizations recruit the right mix of competent employees to fill vacant positions to forestall manpower shortages. Agency to ensure that, proper manpower planning is conducted by following the laid down procedures in line with Article 195 (1) of the 1992 constitution of Ghana which states clearly that “the…
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE DISCIPLINE FOR BETTER SERVICE -FROM HUMAN RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE
By MR PHILIP QUAYSON Human Resource (HR) in every organization strives on three main pillars being HR Planning, HR Management and HR Development. Manpower planning is an effective tool in ensuring that, organizations recruit the right mix of competent employees to fill vacant positions to forestall manpower shortages. Agency to ensure that, proper manpower planning is conducted by following the laid down procedures in line with Article 195 (1) of the 1992 constitution of Ghana which states clearly that “the…
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL CLIENTS
Management of HeFRA wishes to inform all our valued clients that the Agency is determined to serve them in an effective, efficient and timely manner. Clients do not need to engage any HeFRA staff unofficially in the name of facilitating the process of acquiring a licence within a shorter time. We are doing our best to ensure that clients have their licences within the shortest possible time. We must remind our clients that it is criminal for anyone to pay…
First Premium Corporate Events in Collaboration with Medical and Dental Council, Ghana
First Premium Corporate Events in collaboration with Medical and Dental Council, Ghana, presents Clinical Leadership Seminar(CLS) Venue: Movenpick Hotel-Accra Date: May 11 2018 Time: 3:00pm. Topic: The future of health care in Ghana: Role of Clinical Leadership. Read More >…
HeFRA moves to a new location
The new premises The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency(HeFRA) established under Act 829 of 2011 has now moved to its new premises at 31 Fourth Circular Road, Cantonments Accra (between the Togo and American Embassies) as from Monday 3rd April, 2017. Object of the Agency The principal object of the Agency is to license and monitor facilities for the provision of public and private health care services through such functions as (a) receiving, considering and approving applications for licenses, (b) inspecting and…
Operating a new facility in Ghana; what you need to know in brief.
In accordance with the FIRST SCHEDULE SECTION 11(2) of Act 829 (2011) the following facilities SHALL be licensed by HeFRA in order to operate as new facility or continue to operate as an existing facility: Medical and Dental (clinics and hospitals) Eye care clinics Convalescent and nursing homes Geriatric homes Maternity homes Occupational thereapy clinics Physiotherapy clinics Dental technology laboratories Clinical and biomedical laboratories Medical assistant clinics Diagnostic – imaging technology clinics Pharmacies and chemical shops Esteopathy clinics Prostherics and…
Registration of health facilities under the Health Institutions and Facilities Act 2011, Act 829
The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) was established by Act 829 to regulate Health Facilities for the provision of public and private health care services in Ghana. The principal object of the Agency is to license and monitor health facilities for the provision of public and private health care services through such approving applications for licenses, (b) inspecting and licensing facilities intended for the provision of public and private healthcare services, (c) determining the basic and minimum equipment and personnel…
Health Facilities Regulatory Agency cries for resources
The Board Chairman of the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA), Nana Otuo Acheampong, has urged the government to empower the agency with logistics and resources to strengthen it to deliver on its mandate of improving health care in the country. He informed the Daily Graphic of several challenges confronting the agency which has the sole mandate of regulating the about 30,000 health facilities in the country. In an interview yesterday in Accra soon after the board of the agency was…