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Author: Li Enci Zhu Haiqi
2021-02-24 15:22
The last update date: 2021-02-24 15:27
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The new year (2021/22) "Budget" is released, and public hospital services have always attracted attention.
The Hospital Authority’s appropriation continued to rise, with a total of 82.4 billion yuan, of which recurrent appropriation accounted for 80.7 billion, which was 4.5% higher than the revised budget of the previous year.
Government sources said that there has been an intention to increase the number of places for local medical students, and details and timetables are yet to be disclosed.
In the new year, the number of doctors in the HA is expected to increase by 200, all of whom will be non-specialist doctors. The overall staff will increase to 6,630 doctors.
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The Hospital Authority’s funding has risen again. The total budget for this year is 82.4 billion yuan, which is 4.5% higher than last year’s revised budget of 78.7 billion yuan.
Of this year’s budget allocations, recurrent allocations accounted for 80.7 billion yuan, an increase of 4.5% according to the annual revised budget.
Medical manpower has attracted much attention. The two medical schools in Hong Kong have 530 places per year.
Government sources said that the government has been intending to increase the number of local medical students, and the details and timetable are yet to be announced.
As for the number of doctors in the HA, the budget for the new year is 6,630, of which 3340 are non-specialist doctors. The 200 new recruits in the new year are all non-specialist doctors, and the number of specialist doctors remains unchanged at 3290.
The Hospital Authority will also use 160 million yuan of recurrent expenditure to retain talents, including a special retirement and re-employment plan, and the promotion of 200 associate consultant doctors to consultant doctors within five years.
As for the expenditure of hiring overseas doctors, government sources said that the plan is still in the legislative stage and the details have not been given, but it has been included in the recurrent expenditure.
In terms of hospital beds, it is estimated that there will be an increase of 323 beds in the new year, with a total of 30,174 beds. The increase in beds is mainly for general (emergency and rehabilitation) beds, with an increase of 317; an increase of 28 for psychiatric departments; and a reduction of 20 for convalescent and mentally handicapped departments And 2 sheets.
Government sources described it as "there is less for each hospital." The HA has reviewed a ten-year plan for the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and has pre-installed facilities in two to three wards of selected hospitals so that they can be quickly converted into second-line isolation wards.
The Hospital Authority will allocate 156 million yuan to meet the needs of psychiatric services in hospitals and communities. Government sources said that the measures include developing child and adolescent psychiatric services in Hong Kong Island East and Kowloon Central Network, training and exaggerating specialists, and recruiting 10 more communities Psychiatric case manager, and the expansion of the medical-education-society collaboration plan, the number of service schools increased from 150 to 210
In addition, the Kowloon East, New Territories East and New Territories West clusters of the Hospital Authority have added a total of 28,500 general consultation places.
The HA will allocate $124 million to strengthen cancer services, including extending the duration of radiotherapy, setting up nurse or pharmacist clinics, and hiring additional case managers.
And 54 million yuan is used to expand the scope of medical expenses reduction, including the "Guangdong Plan" and the "Fujian Plan" who receive the elderly living allowance; 46 million yuan is used to continue to strengthen genetic and genomic services.
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