| Duration of training | Category of trainees | Number to be ready for employment | Cost estimates (in million Ghana cedis)—additional wage bill | Cost estimates (in million US dollars)—additional wage bill |
|---|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|
| 2-year programmes | Community health nursing | 3 922 | 4 218 | N/A | N/A | 437.7 | 470.6 | N/A | N/A | 84.2 | 90.5 | N/A | N/A |
| Enrolled nursing | 6 142 | 6 426 | N/A | N/A | 685.3 | 717.0 | N/A | N/A | 131.8 | 137.9 | N/A | N/A |
| Post-basic midwifery | 765 | 854 | N/A | N/A | 132.3 | 147.8 | N/A | N/A | 25.4 | 28.4 | N/A | N/A |
| 3- or 4-year programmes | Registered community health nursing | 384 | 922 | 1,290 | 643 | 66.4 | 159.4 | 223.2 | 111.3 | 12.8 | 30.7 | 42.9 | 21.4 |
| Registered general nursing | 3 630 | 6 427 | 6 412 | 5 627 | 627.8 | 1 111.7 | 1 109.0 | 973.3 | 120.7 | 213.8 | 213.3 | 187.2 |
| Registered mental health nursing | 351 | 388 | 1 881 | 1 924 | 60.7 | 67.1 | 325.3 | 332.8 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 62.6 | 64.0 |
| Registered midwifery | 1 598 | 2 762 | 3 139 | 3 007 | 276.3 | 477.8 | 543.0 | 520.1 | 53.1 | 91.9 | 104.4 | 100.0 |
| Total | | 16 792 | 21 997 | 12 722 | 11 201 | 2 286.5 | 3 151.4 | 2 200.5 | 1 937.4 | 439.7 | 606.0 | 423.2 | 372.6 |
- Source: presentation to the Health Sector Working Group of the MOH—June 2017; data on expected graduates taken from the Nursing and Midwifery Council and salary data taken from MOH. Notes: (1) the numbers relate to the expected outputs only and do not account for existing trained but unemployed nurses/midwives; (2) estimates are based on 80% pass rate from the NMC; (3) N/A is indicated for 2-year programmes against 2019 and 2020 because admissions were yet to be done at the time of the analysis; (4) estimates for 2019 and 2020 are lower than previous years because of admissions into the 2-year programmes had not been done and, thus, not taken into consideration; (5) an exchange rate of US$ 1 to GH¢ 5.2 used based on the average exchange rate for the first quarter of 2019. The costs are adjusted for inflation assumed at the rate of 10% based on the trend of recent years.
