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Manpower requirements of Hospital Authority
Following is a question by the Hon Michael Ho Mun-ka and a written reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
According to this year's Budget, the overall growth in the number of medical officers of the Hospital Authority at all ranks has been apparently higher than that of In this nurses and other allied health professionals for two consecutive years. connection, will the Government inform this Council of the Hospital Authority's respective expenditure on salaries and cash allowances paid respectively to (a) medical officers, (b) nurses, (c) physiotherapists, (d) radiographers and (e) occupational therapists in each of the past three financial years?
Reply:
The manpower requirements and staff mix of the Hospital Authority are normally determined by the service development of individual hospitals in the context of their respective annual plans.
A breakdown showing the annual expenditure on salaries and cash allowances paid to different grades of hospital staff in the past three financial years are as follows:
1994/95
1992/93
1993/94
$M
$M %
$M %
(a)
Medical Officers
1,960
2,175 (+10.9)
2,599 (+19.5)
(b) Nursing Staff
3,787
4,287 (+13.2)
4,822 (+12.5)
(c)
Physiotherapists
99
140 (+41.4)
158 (+12.8)
(d) Radiographers
154
207 (+34.4)
231 (+11.6)
(e)
Occupational Therapists
61
71 (+16.4)
86 (+ 21.1)
End/Wednesday, May 10, 1995