Replies to LegCo questions
LCQ13: Attendances and staff establishment of clinical departments in public hospitals
Following is a question by the Hon Kwok Ka-ki and a written reply by the
Secretary for Food and Health, Dr York Chow, in the Legislative Council today
(November 28):
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council whether it knows the following
information concerning the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Ruttonjee
Hospital, Queen Mary Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, United Christian
Hospital, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Yan Chai Hospital, Caritas Medical Centre,
Princess Margaret Hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital, North
District Hospital, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Pok Oi Hospital and
Tuen Mun Hospital.
(a) the annual attendances of the clinical departments in each of the past five
years as set out in Annex I; and
(b) the staff establishment of the clinical departments in each of the past five
years and their present strength as set out in Annex II.
Reply:
Madam President,
(a) The attendances of clinical departments of the relevant hospitals under the
Hospital Authority (HA) in each of the past five years are set out in Annex III.
As regards outreach service, the HA has set up under the medicine departments
Community Geriatric Assessment Teams (CGATs), which comprises geriatricians,
nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and social workers to provide
elders living in residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) with outreach
medical consultations and referral service of specialist consultations. In
addition, starting from 2003-04, the HA has also appointed private medical
practitioners as Visiting Medical Officers (VMOs) to provide medical
consultation for RCHEs residents with stable chronic illness and sudden onset of
minor and sub-acute disease. The VMOs also provide follow-up consultations for
discharged RCHE residents as referred by CGATs, and assist in monitoring the
health conditions of RCHE residents during outbreaks of infectious disease.
(b) The staff establishment of relevant clinical departments of hospitals in
each of the past five years and their present strength are set out at Annex IV.
Ends/Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Issued at HKT 13:14
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