From March 10–14, 2025, a staff from NHS England was in Ghana for a Managed Schooling Partnership (MEP) scoping mission. In collaboration with the Psychological Well being Authority (MHA), World Well being Group (WHO) Ghana, and the UK International, Commonwealth & Improvement Workplace (UKFCDO), the mission aimed to decentralize healthcare coaching past Accra and Kumasi, improve service supply, and enhance Ghana’s well being outcomes.
The go to featured high-level engagements, together with conferences with key stakeholders (together with Ministry of Well being (MoH), regulators, service suppliers, academia, skilled teams) , a courtesy calls on the British Excessive Commissioner and the Minister of Well being, and discussions with the management of Cape Coast Instructing Hospital and Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital. The mission culminated in a workshop, targeted on workforce transformation and capacity-building, adopted by a post-workshop evaluate and remaining wrap-up with the MoH.
The Managed Schooling Partnerships, developed by NHS England, facilitate enduring collaborations between the NHS and world healthcare methods. These partnerships prioritize broad systemic relationships over particular person skilled exchanges, co-developing sustainable studying and improvement alternatives. Current MEPs embody partnerships with Thailand, Montserrat, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Recognizing the important want for robust Human Sources for Well being (HRH), the UK and Ghana are collaborating to reinforce data change, analysis improvement, and specialised coaching. The MEP aligns with Ghana’s decentralization agenda and focuses on key well being priorities, together with psychological well being. By leveraging experience from each nations, the initiative seeks to strengthen skilled ties, develop healthcare leaders, and contribute to Sustainable Improvement Targets (SDGs) associated to well being (SDG 3), schooling (SDG 4), gender equality (SDG 5), and respectable work (SDG 8).
Discussions on establishing an MEP in Ghana started in 2021, with UKFCDO offering preliminary funding. Ghana’s MoH recognized psychological well being as a precedence space, given the necessity for expanded specialised psychological well being coaching past Accra and Kumasi. Digital workshops in November 2023 set the muse for the July 2024 technical scoping go to, which assessed potential MEP websites and engagement methods.
Throughout the March 2025 mission, the NHS staff visited key establishments, partaking with stakeholders to guage coaching wants and potential collaborations. Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Coast and the Cape Coast Instructing Hospital’s would be the preliminary services for the partnership on the preliminary stage for the data change element of the partnership to enhance coaching. The workshop supplied a platform for Ghanaian stakeholders to refine the MEP’s framework, making certain alignment with nationwide priorities.
With robust partnerships in place, the following part of the MEP will deal with finalizing the motion plan, securing long-term funding, and implementing tailor-made coaching packages. This collaboration between Ghana and NHS England marks a big step in strengthening healthcare workforce improvement, making certain equitable entry to high quality psychological well being companies, and fostering sustainable enhancements in Ghana’s well being system.
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Abdul-Lahie Abdul-Rahim Naa
Communications Officer
WHO Ghana Nation Workplace
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