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Written by: Kuang Yueting
2021-05-23 11:04
Last update date: 2021-05-23 11:06
The Financial Secretary Chen Maobo published a blog today (23), stating that Hong Kong’s medical manpower shortage is severe, with only two doctors per 1,000 population, which is far behind advanced economies such as Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. In addition to actively increasing the training of local doctors In addition to increasing various allowances for frontline staff, providing more opportunities for promotion and training, allowing non-local trained doctors to obtain formal registration in Hong Kong after meeting certain conditions is also one of the solutions.
Local doctor training places more than doubled
Chen Maobo quoted the latest "Medical Manpower Projection 2020" report as saying that the problem of medical manpower shortage will worsen in the medium to long term. The current shortage of manpower in the public medical system is even more imminent, and it is necessary to prescribe the right medicine as soon as possible.
One of the countermeasures is to actively increase the training of local doctors. The Hong Kong government has increased the number of relevant places from 2005/06 to 2008/09 on average from 250 per year to 530 in the academic year of 2021/22, which is more than doubled and plans to continue to increase in the future. Places.
Chen Maobo has visited the hospital in the past to learn about the work of frontline staff.
(Photo of Chen Maobo's Blog)
Overseas countries also have similar arrangements for the introduction of overseas doctors. Since 2003, Singapore has gradually recognized the qualifications of more than 100 international medical school graduates, allowing them to first register with a limited number of locals, work in hospitals for a period of time, and obtain senior doctors. After the performance is assessed, formal registration can be obtained, which not only ensures the quality of doctors, but also relieves the pressure on staff.
In addition, Chen Maobo continued to point out that in order to retain talents, the budget in recent years has reserved resources for the HA to implement a number of targeted measures, including increasing various allowances for frontline staff and optimizing the re-employment plan after retirement.
It is estimated that the additional expenditure involved in the relevant measures will be about 160 million yuan in 2021/22, and it is estimated that it will increase to about 1.2 billion yuan by 2025/26, an increase of more than six times.
He continued that the Hong Kong government has increased its investment in software and hardware in an attempt to solve the problem thoroughly in the medium and long term. Now through amendments to the law, Hong Kong doctors who are not locally trained can be used to serve in the public medical system. I believe this is currently the most appropriate. Plan to alleviate the problem of short-term manpower shortage.
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