The Recruitment and Retention of Critical Healthcare Professionals: Focus at Polokwane Provincial Hospital
Internationally, there is a demand to enhance the recruitment, training, development, and retention of health professionals in developing nations. In South Africa, this demand is demonstrated by the National Development Plan (NDP): Vision for 2030 which acknowledges the significance of recruitment,...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Facultad de Administración y Negocios
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Management and Business Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uautonoma.cl/index.php/jmabs/article/view/2486 |
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| Summary: | Internationally, there is a demand to enhance the recruitment, training, development, and retention of health professionals in developing nations. In South Africa, this demand is demonstrated by the National Development Plan (NDP): Vision for 2030 which acknowledges the significance of recruitment, development, and retention of talented health professionals. Access to public health care is a fundamental right as stipulated in Chapter 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Therefore, public health is one of the services that ought to be provided to society, the government is mandated to provide access to healthcare facilities to those who cannot afford to get private health. This implies that the South African public health system must acquire and retain skilled, capable, and competent health professionals to make certain that the government provides public health as part of its service delivery mandate. This study utilized a mixed approach to explore the difficulties that the hospital experiences in acquiring scarce skilled health professionals and socioeconomic factors affecting health professionals. The study identified notable obstacles in recruiting and retaining skilled health professionals in the hospital, even with attempts to fill open roles. These challenges, intensified by inadequate working conditions, leadership problems, and socio-economic factors, impede the hospital’s capacity to deliver sufficient healthcare services to the community. The findings underscore the need for a strategic approach to improve recruitment and retention, ensuring the hospital can meet the health needs of the population. |
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| ISSN: | 2452-5340 |