BVIHSA takes steps to increase healthcare salaries
The British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) is taking steps to improve salaries in the local healthcare sector.
The Authority has awarded a contract to Ernst & Young Cayman Ltd. to undertake a comprehensive compensation review and job reclassification exercise, saying this is part of broader plans to modernise its human resources framework and ensure a fair compensation structure for workers.
For years, the local healthcare sector has struggled to attract and retain qualified professionals because of the low salaries in the BVI compared to bigger countries like the US and UK.
The BVIHSA said the compensation review will put them in a better position to attract and retain skilled professionals while enhancing overall service delivery across both hospital and community-based healthcare settings.
Speaking on the significance of the contract, BVIHSA Board Chairman Ron Potter stated, “It gives me great pride to see this process move from intention to action. With Ernst & Young Cayman Ltd. now on board, we are setting the stage for long-overdue improvements that will directly benefit our hardworking staff. This is a vote of confidence in them and in the future of our healthcare system.”
The project will involve a detailed analysis of up to 100 roles, extensive stakeholder consultations, and benchmarking across five to eight comparable health institutions.
Acting Chief Executive Officer Dr. June Samuel emphasised the transformative nature of the initiative. She said the project represents a pivotal moment in the evolution as a healthcare organisation.
A compensation review within the healthcare sector comes amid news that the BVI has been seeing an uptick in teacher applications and retention following pay increases that resulted from the government’s recently concluded compensation review for civil servants.
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A self sufficient people who think they have it all asking for outside help.
The way you all carry on about outsiders as if you all do not need anyone
Sourcing outside help
Wow!
Get out of here! MASH!
lets see how much “steps” them going take… cuz the politicians didnt take much steps for their greedy bill… them ain take much steps for kartel payment. them ain take much steps when booking flights. them ain take much steps find money for music festival and parties. them ain take no steps for bank of asia….
but hey focus yall energy on cindy and uk while the politicians laugh at yall while taking your tax dollars
while you drive of bad roads repairing your car suspension and other problems every couple months,
while you sit in the dark after bviec loses power every couple weeks and during/after storms,
while you fill your bucket of water before 6pm when water cuts despite paying all your bills and taxes
while you find no money in your social security after politicians keep digging it out
while you work/enter government buildings with mold and several infrastructure issues
while you child struggles to pay for school when the government giving out scholarships to fake students who are not attending school but collecting your tax money for free
Watch and see. E&Y will get a big cheque and nothing will change.
Fake students feh true? What the hell else is true?
Keep saying, the VI government is now the quickest wy to get rich quick. Become a politician an your bread automatically becomes buttered on both sides.
Ashamed we should be because if former Premier was here the same things would be going on and worst. And the people would be believing every drop of spit that flew from his mouth.
Ohhhh, the hopelessness of the people. hat’s why the government and country’s pursee keep geting scammed
This is for doctors and nurses. The rest of the staffing DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATHE THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU.
Doctors must have got raises 4 times by now. Everybody else, not a cent.
my coffee getting cold…..