DHA and HAAD: Information Nurses Would Want to Know
United Arab Emirates (UAE) had made it easy for medical professionals to practice across the country.
In a revolutionary agreement, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (HAAD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to unify licensing procedures for health care practitioners working in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
For an overview, HAAD provides a comprehensive licensure exam for medical professionals who want to work in Abu Dhabi. On the other hand, DHA is the agency responsible for developing an integrated and sustainable healthcare system that ensures delivery of comprehensive and excellent services to achieve the highest international standards in health of individuals and community in Dubai.
Until lately, medical staff could only work in the Emirate they have a license for and needed to start a new assessment procedure if they moved to a health facility in another emirate, e.g. if you have a license issued by the DHA, you can only work in Dubai and needs to have a new license issued by another authorized agency if you wish to work in another Emirate – a process that could take up to two months.
The licensing procedure had always been the leading problem for medical practitioners because although there is no deficiency of eligible medical professionals wanting to work in the UAE, hiring them for employment can take up several months due to the complicated licensing system.
Now, through the signed memorandum of DHA and HAAD, if any medical professional wishes to work in another Emirate, he has to simply apply for the license from the appropriate authorities, which will be given without any other examination and assessment tests. In essence, medical practitioners will not have to go through unnecessary procedures.
Under the new agreement, practitioners who have a license from either Emirate will be excused from primary source verification and assessment procedures, allowing them to save time and money and facilitating movement. This unification of medical licenses across the UAE is a noble change for the medical field.
The memorandum through its mutual recognition of medical licenses will develop cooperation between the two health authorities (DHA and HAAD), benefit health care professionals, and improve the health sector in the UAE.
Published at: 03/04/2015
