The Hospital Authority announced plans to expand the exchange of medical talents in the Greater Bay Area, including the introduction of mainland nurses, when meeting reporters after its conference today (22nd).
Nurses who come to Hong Kong for exchange do not need to be registered in Hong Kong. The first batch of 70 nurses will arrive in Hong Kong early next year, and the number will increase to 300 within two years.
Yuan Zhimin, chairman of the Hong Kong Nurses Association, believes that the medical staff who come to Hong Kong are senior nurses, and I believe there will not be a big problem, but I hope the HA can provide measures to solve the language difference between the two places.
Some frontline registered nurses believe that the registration ordinance is to protect Hong Kong's nurses to a certain level, and they worry that the plan may open up gaps in Hong Kong's medical system.
The Food and Health Bureau has released a report on the review of medical manpower, predicting that there will be a shortage of doctors and nurses in Hong Kong by 2030.
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According to the Nurses Registration Ordinance, anyone who intends to practise as a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse in Hong Kong must register or register with the Nursing Council of Hong Kong as a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse.
Hospital Authority: Will bear any legal responsibility
However, according to the plan announced by the HA today, nurses who come to Hong Kong do not need to register. In response to the question, Chairman Fan Hongling pointed out that the HA also had related plans in the past, such as the 2007 Guangdong-Hong Kong Specialist Nurse Training Program, and the number of nurses who came to exchange was very high. Some of them are nurses who sent medical nurses from the mainland to Hong Kong during the fifth wave of the epidemic, and emphasized that if any medical accident occurs in Hong Kong, the HA will bear any legal responsibility.
Yuan Zhimin, chairman of the Hong Kong Nurses Association, said that the 2007 Guangdong-Hong Kong specialist nurse training program mainly focused on mainland nurses coming to Hong Kong to study.
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Yuan Zhimin, chairman of the Hong Kong Nurses Association, said that the 2007 Guangdong-Hong Kong specialist nurse training program mainly focused on mainland nurses coming to Hong Kong to study.
He believes that if the medical staff who come to Hong Kong are senior nurses, there will not be a big problem, but he hopes that the HA can provide measures to solve the language differences between the two places. Chinese and English display, etc.
He also suggested that nurses coming to Hong Kong should understand Cantonese to facilitate communication with patients.
Nursing Association: Hong Kong government should increase nursing places
Regarding the Hospital Authority’s statement that the plan can relieve the manpower of medical staff, he believes that there are more than 30,000 nurses in Hong Kong, so the plan will not help much, and reiterates that the Hong Kong government should increase the number of nursing schools to solve the manpower problem. Out of 9 people who wanted to study as nurses, only 1 was received.” Frontline registered nurse Liu Kaiwen also believes that just looking at the numbers will not help much. “There are more than 70 nurses in one department.”
Frontline registered nurse Liu Kaiwen believes that the registration ordinance is to protect Hong Kong's nurses to a certain level, and is worried that the plan may open up gaps in Hong Kong's medical system.
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He pointed out that the current "Nurse Registration Ordinance" is to ensure that Hong Kong nurses have established standards, and he is worried that this plan may open a gap in Hong Kong's medical system.
He emphasized that it is not that he does not believe in the ability of medical care in the Mainland, but because of the different medical systems in the two places, he is worried that his professional qualifications may not be able to be used in Hong Kong.
He used the example of mainland nurses who came to AWE during the fifth wave of the epidemic. He pointed out that the cooperation between Hong Kong medical staff and mainland medical staff was not very smooth at that time, and sometimes what mainland medical staff wrote in the CMS system might not be fully understood by Hong Kong medical staff. , "At that time, it was often necessary to do the same field, even three, and it took 3 to 4 people to measure the blood pressure."
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