Component 3: Baseline UPDATE Frequency Data collection Responsibility and instruments for data reporting collection Staff mix and Interim database for HRH for the The staff mix and Annual Listed Annual Ministry of distribution is based on the distribution health sector in place as a starting Practicing Health and national health service according to point in identifying staff gaps by Certificates for Sector Partners demand. national standards facility and qualification each of The National Health legally Service , Samoa’s major mandated healthcare service provider healthcare bases their staff mix and Numbers of APCS issued by the distribution on service profession is Registrar Healthcare Professionals demand at the TTM Hospital, sourced from are as follows: MTII Hospital as well as the Registrar District Hospitals (3 on Healthcare Savaii and 3 on Upolu) Professionals Due to continuous 2012 (Calendar Year) lists of issued shortage of doctors and APCs. nurses, NHS has contracted Doctors Employed at: the private GPs to assist their workforce in the District NHS-39; Private Sector-31;OUM-4; Hospitals on a weekly basis. The Integrated MOH-3 Community Health Services at NHS provides staff mix using a multidisciplinary team approach that consists Dentists-18 (2 in Private sector, 1 in of nurses, doctors, dentists, NGO Clinic, 15 at the NHS) allied health etc to provide health services in the rural areas. It is a legal requirement Pharmacists-15 - (8 NHS-7 Private that every nurse, doctor, Sector) dentist and pharmacist must be registered and hold a
Component 3: Baseline UPDATE Frequency and reporting Data collection instruments Responsibility for data collection Staff mix and distribution according to national standards Interim database for HRH for the health sector in place as a starting point in identifying staff gaps by facility and qualification Numbers of APCS issued by the Registrar Healthcare Professionals are as follows: 2012 (Calendar Year) Doctors Employed at: NHS-39; Private Sector-31;OUM-4; MOH-3 Dentists-18 (2 in Private sector, 1 in NGO Clinic, 15 at the NHS) Pharmacists-15 - (8 NHS-7 Private Sector) The staff mix and distribution is based on the national health service demand. The National Health Service , Samoa’s major healthcare service provider bases their staff mix and distribution on service demand at the TTM Hospital, MTII Hospital as well as District Hospitals (3 on Savaii and 3 on Upolu) Due to continuous shortage of doctors and nurses, NHS has contracted the private GPs to assist their workforce in the District Hospitals on a weekly basis. The Integrated Community Health Services at NHS provides staff mix using a multidisciplinary team approach that consists of nurses, doctors, dentists, allied health etc to provide health services in the rural areas. It is a legal requirement that every nurse, doctor, dentist and pharmacist must be registered and hold a Annual Listed Annual Practicing Certificates for each of legally mandated healthcare profession is sourced from the Registrar Healthcare Professionals lists of issued APCs. Ministry of Health and Sector Partners
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