THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1990
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GOVT TO CONSULT HOSPITAL STAFF SHORTLY ON SERVICE TERMS
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WELFARE, AND HEALTH THE SECRETARY FOR
GOVERNMENT WOULD SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THE CONSULT HOSPITAL STAFF FULLY ON THE NEW TERMS HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.
ELIZABETH MRS
VERY START
SHORTLY OF SERVICE UNDER THE
WONG,
ΤΟ
THE
.ADDRESSING A LUNCH MEETING OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF
WONG SAID MRS
STAFF WERE NATURALLY PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY,
THEIR JOBS CONCERNED TO KNOW HOW THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY WOULD AFFECT AND TERMS OF SERVICE.
"I BELIEVE THAT MANY OF THE ATTRACTIVE.
STAFF
WILL FIND THE
NEW TERMS
THEIR
THE
PRESENT TERMS BE WORSE OFF
QUESTION
OF
MRS
WONG
SAID
THE
AIM
IN
SETTING
UP
THE AUTHORITY
AND
WAS SUBVENTED
"HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REMAIN ON AS CIVIL SERVANTS IF THEY SO PREFER. THUS NO ONE WILL
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THAN THEY ARE AT PRESENT. IN
" SHE SAID. WINDFALL PAYMENTS SHOULD NOT ARISE,
THREEFOLD, THE FIRST BEING TO BRING GOVERNMENT
HOSPITALS TOGETHER WITHIN A SINGLE INTEGRATED SYSTEM,
"THE PRESENT DIFFERENCES HAVE LED
то MUCH DISCONTENT WITHIN SITUATION WHERE HOSPITALS
THE SUBVENTED HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE
IN CERTAIN THERE IS
OVERCROWDING GROSS UNDER-UTILISATION OF BEDS IN OTHERS.
AND
EACH HOSPITAL THAT THESE
"BY APPLYING RESOURCES MORE FAIRLY AND ENABLING TO DEVELOP IN WAYS TO WHICH IT IS BEST SUITED, WE BELIEVE PROBLEMS CAN BE OVERCOME," SHE SAID.
INTRODUCE MORE EFFICIENT MRS WONG SAID THE SECOND AIM WAS TO MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS BY RUNNING PUBLIC HOSPITALS OUTSIDE THE CIVIL TO THOSE OF PRIVATE SECTOR SERVICE ACCORDING TO PRINCIPLES CLOSER MANAGEMENT.
"WE SHALL ALSO BE
CONSIDERABLE INJECTING
PUBLIC STRENGTHENING MANAGEMENT CONTROL TO MORE EFFICIENTLY RUN.
ENABLE
RESOURCES HOSPITALS
ΤΟ
INTO BE
"THERE SHOULD ALSO BE GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO TO WHERE THEY CAN ACHIEVE MAXIMUM EFFECT.
DEPLOY RESOURCES
"THE THIRD AIM IS
TO
INCREASE PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION
IS THAT
BETTER ATTUNED
HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND TO ENSURE THAT HOSPITALS PROVIDE PATIENTS SERVICE
TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS ΤΟ THEIR COMPLAINTS,
PREFERENCES, AND IS ALERT AND RESPONSIVE
IN THE WITH A
AND
P
SHE
BAID.
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