health care workers Archives

15 May 2026

Letter

Opaque Selection In MOH For Transfers, Master’s Programme — Medical Officer

The way selection and transfer processes are handled for government doctors reflects a culture of opacity and disregard for basic professional decency. It's hard to retain health workers when the system treats their time and personal lives as disposable.

15 May 2026

Malaysia

Don’t Victimise Health Workers With Salary Cuts: Hartal

Hartal Doktor Kontrak says the government shouldn't be talking about salary cuts for civil servants, even as an “absolute last resort”, that would end up demoralising the public service. "We trust that PMX won't resort to victimising health care workers."

6 May 2026

Malaysia

Galen Centre Moots Health Service Commission With Ring-Fenced Five-Year Funding

The Galen Centre calls for the establishment of a Health Service Commission (SPK) authorised to create and fill positions, and set salary scales, with funding for these positions ring-fenced in a 5-year fiscal framework. MPs have mixed views about the SPK.

4 May 2026

Letter

Malaysia Needs A Health Service Commission Authorised With Manpower, Funding Powers — MMA

Malaysia needs a Health Service Commission — with full independence over manpower and funding. Health care workforce planning cannot operate effectively within a one-size-fits-all civil service framework.

4 May 2026

Letter

Health Workers Need Clarity, Not ‘Strategic Directions’ — Clinician

Health frontliners don't need more frameworks. We don't need more “strategic directions” or “ongoing engagements.” Many of us don't like fluff; we don't need unnecessary content packaged as reform. We need clarity, alignment, timelines and decisions.

30 April 2026

Letter

Health Spending Isn’t A Cost, But Core Public Investment — Dr Kelvin Yii

Health spending cuts may worsen the health workforce crisis, especially in Sabah and Sarawak. MOH must never be seen as an easy target for savings. Health spending isn’t a cost to minimise, but a core public investment. MOF must reconsider the cuts.

28 April 2026

Malaysia

‘Code Blue’ Crisis Demands Formation Of Health Service Commission: Ex-Senator

Ex-Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran says a "code blue" crisis of health worker shortages demands the establishment of a Health Service Commission to manage human resources and budgeting for the health workforce, and to reduce dependence on the constrained JPA.

24 April 2026

Letter

Don’t Blame MOH Alone For Health Workforce Shortages — MMA

The understaffing, the overwork, the waiting times and the delayed treatments that Malaysians experience today are the accumulated consequence of decisions made across multiple agencies over many years. MOH has been carrying this alone for far too long.

24 April 2026

Letter

Rethinking Community Health Work In Malaysia — June Joseph

While volunteerism can support engagement, it cannot deliver sustained care at scale. A tiered, professionalised community health workforce offers a way forward that preserves trust while strengthening system reliability.

23 April 2026

Malaysia

Too Many Agencies Involved In Doctor Workforce Pipeline: Health DG

DG Mahathar says the doctor workforce pipeline is fragmented across MOHE, JPA, and MOH, causing delays and staff shortages despite adequate workforce numbers. He wants end-to-end workforce planning, competency-based approaches, and less "regulatory drag".

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Opaque Selection In MOH For Transfers, Master’s Programme — Medical Officer

Don’t Victimise Health Workers With Salary Cuts: Hartal

Galen Centre Moots Health Service Commission With Ring-Fenced Five-Year Funding

Malaysia Needs A Health Service Commission Authorised With Manpower, Funding Powers — MMA

Health Workers Need Clarity, Not ‘Strategic Directions’ — Clinician

Health Spending Isn’t A Cost, But Core Public Investment — Dr Kelvin Yii

‘Code Blue’ Crisis Demands Formation Of Health Service Commission: Ex-Senator

Don’t Blame MOH Alone For Health Workforce Shortages — MMA

Rethinking Community Health Work In Malaysia — June Joseph

Too Many Agencies Involved In Doctor Workforce Pipeline: Health DG

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Unfair Treatment At HTJS — Houseman

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