Nevis Department of Social Services More Efficient

Nevis Health Minister - Hensley Daniel

Nevis Health Minister – Hensley Daniel

Charlestown, Nevis
April 18, 2008

The Minister with responsibility for Social Transformation on Nevis Hon. Hensley Daniel in a recent announcement, disclosed that the Department of Social Services had cut spending as a result of greater efficiency and effectiveness. This he attributed to restructuring over the last year which had had also brought about increased collaboration and corporation.
 
Mr. Daniel explained at a sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly on April 15, 2008, that the Department had moved from a situation in May of 1998 in the words of a local newspaper “the community of Nevis leads in community development” to a significant reduction in the number of programmes by 2006.
 
The Administration’s task, he said therefore, was to restructure the Department and reintroduce the programmes.
 
There are now four Units in the Department of Social Services, a Youth Division, The Gender relations Unit and the Senior Citizens Division.

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Nevis To Offer Full Health Care To Island Residents

Charlestown, Nevis
February 29, 2008

Minister of Health the Hon. Hensley Daniel said the Nevis Reformation Party led-Nevis Island Administration (NIA) had  been working assiduously to ensure that the people of Nevis received full medical and health services coverage.
 
Minister Daniel made the statement while he gave an update on the status of medical care on the island during a sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly on Thursday February 28, 2008.
 
“There are presently eight doctors employed at the Alexandra Hospital and three at the District level plus the Medical Officer of Health.  We now employ 12 Medical Doctors and two Dentists and now we have complete 24 hour medical coverage at the Alexandra hospital,” he said.

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