Bridging major gaps in health workforce key to service delivery

The Institute of Human Resources Management (IHRM) has studied the implementation of devolution and in particular, the health sector. An overview of the study indicates that the uptake, utilisation and retention of the human resource has faced several challenges which must be addressed for better management of the sector.

On the onset, it is evident that there are insufficient competent and licensed human resource specialists to manage and guide the county governments in proper management of the health sector's workforce. This has resulted in constant grumbling and dissatisfaction among the sector's human resource, leading to numerous industrial unrests which have destabilised the important sector.