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The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health was invited to Cabinet to address the issue which caused about 20 nurses and their supporters to picket the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, and the Cabinet on Wednesday.<\/p>

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\u00a0<\/strong>It appears that the Principal Nursing Officer (PNO), believing that a place on the Midwifery Board is assigned to that office, objects to being left out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cabinet examined CAP 281,\u00a0the Midwifery Act<\/em>, and agreed that the PNO is not one of the offices mentioned in the Act for inclusion on the Board. <\/p>

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The law was last amended in 1989. <\/p>

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Nevertheless, Cabinet has asked the Permanent Secretary to convene a meeting with the PNO, the Attorney General and others in order to reach a compromise so that the nurses can get back to caring for patients. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health was invited to Cabinet to address the issue which caused about 20 nurses and their supporters to picket the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, and the Cabinet on Wednesday. \u00a0It appears that the Principal Nursing Officer (PNO), believing that a place on the Midwifery Board is assigned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":205343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nCabinet Orders Meeting to Address Nurses' Concerns Over Midwifery Board Representation - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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