Mrs. Philomina Woolley is currently the Acting Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. As the Acting Registrar, she provides strategic leadership, technical and administrative direction for the achievement of the mandate of the Council. She has made significant contributions towards the education, training and practice of Nursing and Midwifery locally and internationally. She possesses strong leadership, interpersonal skills and excellent human relations.

Mrs. Philomina A. N. Woolley holds MPhil in Nursing, a bachelor’s degree in Nursing with Psychology at the University of Ghana, Legon. She holds a Diploma in Education at the University of Cape Coast and a Post Graduate Certificate in Public Administration from Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

Mrs. Woolley obtained a certificate in Project Management in Global Health, from University of Washington and Qualitative Research from the University of Alberta, Canada. Additionally, she has a certificate in Cyber Security from the Galilee International Management Institute – Israel.

She is a State Registered Midwife and a State Registered Nurse with 30 years of unbroken committed and industrious service to the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health.

Mrs. Woolley has chaired and served on several Committees of the Council and other agencies as a result of her competence. She was part of the team that implemented the Online Licensing Examinations of the Council from 2018 to date. She has been involved in the development of many policy documents of the Council including Curriculum for Student Nurse Assistants, Nurses and Midwives, Rules and Regulations for dealing with examination irregularities.

She has facilitated and presented at numerous workshops both in and outside the Council.  She is also a Governing Board member of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital and the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives.

Mrs. Philomina Woolley is a Fellow of the West African Postgraduate College for Nurses and Midwives and the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives. She is member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.