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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1994
MAJORITY OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RECOMMENDATIONS IMPLEMENTED
OF THE 102 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING PARTY'S REPORT ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, 98 RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN OR ARE BEING
IMPLEMENTED.
MANY OF THE SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW INITIATIVES ARE BUILT ON EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ARE UNDERTAKEN PROGRESSIVELY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, IN 1994/95, $1,316.8 MILLION HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, REPRESENTING 67.9 PER CENT OF THE APPROVED ESTIMATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THAT YEAR.
MRS WONG SAID THE REMAINING FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNED THE INTRODUCTION OF A DOMICILIARY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICE, CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE FOR FEES AND CHARGES, THE REORGANISATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY.
"INSTEAD OF A DOMICILIARY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICE, WE ARE STUDYING THE INTRODUCTION OF A PILOT DISTRICT HEALTH NURSING SERVICE AS PART OF THE DISTRICT HEALTH SYSTEM, SHE SAID.
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"THIS SERVICE WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION AND WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT (GOP) SERVICE."
THE OTHER REMAINING RECOMMENDATIONS NEEDED то BE FURTHER EXAMINED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES AND MAJOR POLICY AND FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS, SHE SAID.
THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF IMPLEMENTING THE REMAINING RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME OF IMPLEMENTATION.
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