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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1988

STAFFING OF NEW HOSPITALS PLANNED IN ADVANCE

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IN STAFFING NEW HOSPITAL PROJECTS IT IS THE NORMAL PRACTICE PLAN FOR THE PROVISION OF NEW STAFF REQUIRED SOME TWO OR THREE YEARS FOR HEALTH IN ADVANCE OF A HOSPITAL'S COMPLETION DATE, THE SECRETARY AND WELFARE, THE HON T.H. CHAU, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

MR CHAU WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RONALD CHOW ON

POLICY GOVERNMENT'S

REGARDING THE STAFFING

OF ARRANGEMENTS PAST HOSPITALS BOTH CURRENTLY AND OVER THE

FIVE YEARS AND WHETHER EFFORTS WOULD BE MADE TO MEET EXISTING AS WELL AS FUTURE NEEDS.

AND

NURSES POSTS HAD HE SAID, "AS AT OCTOBER 1, 1,537 REGISTERED BEEN CREATED FOR THE COMMISSIONING OF THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL EXTENSION PROJECTS.

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ON REGISTERED AND STUDENT NURSES, MR CHAU SAID THEY FORMED LARGEST CATEGORY OF STAFF IN THE MEDICAL AND ||EALTH DEPARTMENT, A CURRENT ESTABLISHMENT OF 9,262.

THE SHORTAGE AGAINST THIS ESTABLISHMENT AT APRIL 1988 WAS OR 1.2 PER CENT, HE SAID.

THE

WITH

108,

OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE LOWEST SHORTAGE RECORDED

OR 1.6 PER OR 0.1 PER CENT IN 1986-87 AND THE HIGHEST WAS 120, IN 1985-86.

WAS 7.

CENT

"DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1988-89, A TOTAL OF 317 NURSES AND STUDENT NURSES LEFT THE SERVICE AND A TOTAL OF 213 WERE RECRUITED.

THE "DURING THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR PERIOD, LEAVERS, SOME 286, WAS RECORDED IN 1985-86 AND THE OF 479 IN 1987-88," MR CHAU SAID.

LOWEST NUMBER OF HIGHEST, A TOTAL

3.5 PER FROM A MINIMUM CENT IN 1987-88,

THE WASTAGE RATE FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1988 WAS CENT AND DURING THE LAST FIVE-YEAR PERIOD HAD RANGED OF 3.8 PER CENT IN 1985-86 TO A MAXIMUM OF 5.6 PER HE NOTED.

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MR

CHAU SAID ON THE TRAINING OF NURSES

THE IN 1,897 NURSES UNDERTOOK SOME MONTHS OP 1988-89 A TOTAL OF TRAINING, EITHER LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS.

FIRST SIX FORM OF

YEARS THE

RESPECTIVE NUMBERS WERE

"OVER THE PRECEDING FIVE 1,898; 2,319; 2,769; 3,333 AND 4,150.

"THESE FIGURES