Employers are being urged to establish an environment where workers are empowered to undertake service that makes a difference to the organisation and wider community. Making the call, Regional Director for the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), Michael Bent, said that when leaders of a company foster a spirit of team-building and goodwill among staff, this transcends into “significant differences...

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Wayne Robertson (right), hosted a meeting with Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (third right), and Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winifred Byanyima (second right), at the Office of the Prime Minister...

The Government’s Adopt-a-Clinic Programme has, so far, raised approximately $175 million to benefit 40 health centres islandwide. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure while addressing a ceremony for the adoption of the Dr. Kenneth Baugh Health Centre in Point Hill, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (November 9). Dr. Tufton said the programme is growing...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has signed contracts with five private health institutions in Kingston, to perform elective surgeries and provide recovery spaces for public sector patients. This is being facilitated under the Public-Private Partnership component of the project CODE CARE initiative. The institutions are the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Andrews Memorial Hospital, Heart Institute of...

Significant progress has been made to end the status of HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) as a national prevailing health threat, says Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn. Mrs. Cuthbert-Flynn, who was speaking at the opening of the 31st Annual HIV Review and Planning Meeting at the Jewel Grande Resort in Rose...

The Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica (PSJ) will lead Jamaica’s observance of National Pharmacy Week 2022 from November 20 to 26, under the theme ‘Pharmacists: Trusted, Empowered, United for Action’. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on November 9, PSJ President, Dr. Tyrone Smith, explained that Pharmacy Week is expected to bring awareness to the public on the different aspects of...

Reoccupation of the main building at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, is expected to commence on a phased basis next year. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure while giving an update on the progress of renovation works on the multistorey Type A health facility, during the Montego Bay Chamber of...