The Hospital Authority announced earlier that it will launch the "Greater Bay Area Doctors Exchange Programme", which will introduce up to 10 Mainland doctors during the year.
The Hospital Authority will meet with reporters after its general meeting today (22nd) to announce the expansion of relevant plans.
Chairman Fan Hongling said that in addition to doctors, nurses, Chinese medicine practitioners and radiation therapists are also included in the exchange program. Among them, nurses do not need to be registered in Hong Kong. The first batch of more than 70 people will come to Hong Kong early next year, and it is expected that within two years increased to 300 people.
Fan Hongling reiterated that the nurses who came to exchange are very qualified, and some of them are nurses who sent medical nurses from the mainland to Hong Kong during the fifth wave of the epidemic. If the mainland nurses have any medical accidents in Hong Kong, the HA will bear any legal responsibility, and the HA will bear any legal responsibility. Same plan.
The Hospital Authority announced the expansion plan when it held a general meeting today (22nd). Chairman Fan Hongling said that in addition to doctors, nurses, Chinese medicine practitioners and radiation therapists are also included in the exchange plan, and nurses do not need to be registered in Hong Kong.
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The Hospital Authority announced that as of August, the turnover rate of doctors in the past year was about 8.3%, while the turnover rate of nurses was about 10.1%.
In order to increase the number of medical staff in Hong Kong, the Hospital Authority announced the "Greater Bay Area Doctors Exchange Programme" earlier, which stated that 5 to 10 Mainland doctors would come to Hong Kong for exchange for three years, and stated that it would set up an advisory committee for handling the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. HA provides strategic advice.
The HA announced the list of members today, including many political and business leaders, such as Legislative Council member Lam Chee-xuan, former Financial Secretary Leung Kam-sung, and the chairman of Huasheng Diagnostic Center, Wu Dingxu.
Liang Jinsong is the chairman of Xinfeng Tianyu Group, which has established Shenzhen Xinfeng United Family Hospital in the mainland. When questioned whether there would be a conflict of interest, Fan Hongling responded that the Hospital Authority has a rigorous declaration of interests mechanism, so there is no need to worry.
Fan Hongling continued to point out that the Greater Bay Area Committee had held its first meeting on September 1 to provide "insights" to the HA to promote the "Greater Bay Area Medical Talent Exchange Program", in addition to the Greater Bay Area Doctors Exchange Program mentioned earlier , There will also be a Greater Bay Area Chinese Medicine Visiting Scholars Program, a Greater Bay Area Specialist Nursing Knowledge Exchange Program, and a Greater Bay Area Radiological Technologist Exchange Program. These four programs have been approved at the Housekeeping Conference of the Hospital Authority.
He first explained the progress of the current "Greater Bay Area Doctors Exchange Program", pointing out that there are currently 8 doctors who are willing to come to Hong Kong. After collecting their certificates, they will apply for "limited registration" to come to Hong Kong. Pulmonology and internal medicine work, but did not disclose the qualifications of the relevant doctors.
The Hospital Authority will introduce 3 senior Chinese medicine practitioners from the Greater Bay Area to train local Chinese medicine talents and promote integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment. Among the 3 people, Chinese medicine practitioners who have come to Hong Kong to assist in the fight against the epidemic will be housed.
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3 Mainland Chinese medicine practitioners come to Hong Kong
As for Chinese medicine practitioners, the HA will introduce three senior Chinese medicine practitioners from the Greater Bay Area to train local Chinese medicine talents and promote integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment.
The Chinese Medicine Management Committee has also approved three senior Chinese medicine practitioners from the Greater Bay Area to come to Hong Kong. It is estimated that the three Chinese medicine practitioners will come to Hong Kong next month.
Fan Hongling continued to point out that the HA has been doing integrated Chinese and Western medicine for many years, but at present, only pain, stroke and cancer relief can be treated with integrative medicine. "Hey." According to the "Review Report on Medical Manpower Planning and Professional Development Strategy", the supply of Chinese medicine practitioners in Hong Kong exceeds the demand, so he emphasized that the introduction of Chinese medicine practitioners is not to increase the number of manpower, "It is not about grabbing a job, but for a period of time. Time to improve the standard of TCM services.”
Regarding the Specialist Nursing Knowledge Exchange Programme in the Greater Bay Area, the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital Authority, Gao Basheng, said that he would invite some experienced specialist nurses in the Greater Bay Area to come to Hong Kong for a ten-month exchange. Registered in Hong Kong, but will also work on the front line, mainly in geriatrics and emergency.
The first group will come to Hong Kong early next year, with more than 70 people, and it is expected to increase to 300 people within two years.
The Greater Bay Area Specialist Nursing Knowledge Exchange Programme will invite some experienced specialist nurses to exchange in Hong Kong for ten months. Unlike the Doctors Programme, Mainland nurses do not need to register in Hong Kong during the exchange, but they will also work on the front lines, mainly in geriatrics and emergency medicine. .
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Fan Hongling added that the HA also had related programs in the past, such as the Guangdong-Hong Kong Specialist Nurse Training Program in 2007, which achieved good results at that time.
However, after reviewing the information, it was planned that the HA would charge each Mainland nurse HK$10,000 as a training fee, and the nurses who came to Hong Kong would not provide clinical nursing services independently.
In response to a reporter's question, Fan Hongling pointed out that medical care in the Mainland is developing very fast, and it is impossible to compare the current situation with the plan at the time. He reiterated that the nurses who came to exchange are very qualified, and some of them are nurses sent from the Mainland to Hong Kong during the fifth wave of the epidemic.
As for the Mainland nurses who have any medical accident in Hong Kong, the HA will bear any legal responsibility, just like other exchange programs in the past.
As for the Greater Bay Area Radiological Technologist Exchange Programme, Gao Basheng said that since the Mainland also sent radiologists to Hong Kong during the fifth wave of the epidemic, the two sides had a place to borrow from each other in terms of professional training and knowledge, so this plan was established to enhance the two exchange.
The bureau has contacted relevant agencies and will submit candidates to the Radiologic Technologist Management Committee for approval. It is hoped that 5 to 6 diagnostic radiographers will come to Hong Kong for exchange for one year.
The Chairman of the Hospital Authority, Fan Hung-ling, emphasized that the exchange program will help build a talent pool in the Greater Bay Area and exchange and learn from local medical staff.
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Fan Hongling emphasized that the exchange program will help build a talent pool in the Greater Bay Area and exchange and learn from local medical staff.
Due to the shortage of medical staff in Hong Kong and the increase in attrition rate, the exchange plan will mainly focus on mainland experts coming to Hong Kong, and the chances of Hong Kong sending people to the Greater Bay Area will be low in the short term.
Non-emergency services have been greatly reduced under the epidemic. Gao Basheng said that although the epidemic has stabilized, there are still more than 2,000 patients requiring hospitalization today, and the impact on medical services is still great.
He continued that non-emergency services, such as surgery appointments and treatment appointments, have been gradually resumed, emphasizing that the speed of recovery depends on the epidemic.
In addition, the HA released the 2021/22 annual report on public praise, opinion and complaint management, in which the number of praises decreased by 4% compared with the previous year. In the first quarter of this year, the fifth wave of the epidemic, the number of praises fell sharply by 25% year-on-year. %.
In addition, the number of complaints has also increased by 6%. The HA explained that this is in line with the changes in the volume of inpatient and specialist outpatient services.
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