XN000022-1989-09-29 — Page 3

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1989

2

EXCO APPROVES PROPOSED TOP MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

*

THE

FUTURE HOSPITAL

THE PROPOSED TOP MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF AUTHORITY (HA) HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

RECOMMENDED

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN

BY THE PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (PHA),

AT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THERE WOULD BE THREE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

INITIAL TWO YEARS OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT LEVEL OF THE HA DURING ITS OPERATION, EACH REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE HA'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

"A DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS WILL TAKE CHARGE OF THE HOSPITAL SERVICES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

AND

DELIVERY OF

FOR PLANNING AND PERSONNEL,

"A CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE

STRUCTURES DEVELOPMENT DESIGN OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

THE

OF

SERVICES,

"A SECRETARY GENERAL WILL BE SERVING THE HA AND ITS AND DEALING WITH COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.'

THE

COMMITTEES HE SAID.

APPOINT A CHIEF "DURING THESE INITIAL TWO YEARS, HA WILL NOT

OF THE HA'S

HA'S EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE TO TAKE OVERALL CHARGE

FUNCTIONS. WILL REPORT DIRECTLY ΤΟ THE INSTEAD, THE THREE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

CLOSE SUPERVISION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE HA. WHICH WILL EXERCISE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID. ON THEIR WORK AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY GUIDANCE, "

IN

FORMATIVE

DISTINCT ADVANTAGES "THE PHA BELIEVES THAT THERE WOULD BE HAVING A COMMITTEE-LED MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE DURING THE HA'S YEARS.

"THIS ARRANGEMENT WOULD ENABLE THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF

IN THEIR COLLECTIVE WISDOM то HA'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PLAN DIRECT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THESE CRUCIAL YEARS, RATHER THAN LEAVING THAT TO A SINGLE PERSON.

THE

AND

DURING

"IT

WILL.

ALSO ENABLE

THE

STRUCTURE TO BE PUT IN PLACE MORE QUICKLY,

"WITH THE

HA'S

EXECUTIVE

AUTHORITY'S

SENIOR MANAGEMENT THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

COMMITTEE

TAKING

DIRECT

NOT ANY

UP RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSEEING THE WORK OF THE AUTHORITY, PHA DOES

OF ABSENCE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE WOULD ENVISAGE THAT THE

A SERIOUS MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.

"THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY WOULD REVIEW THIS MANAGEMENT

VIEW TO MOVING WITHIN TWO YEARS OF ITS FORMATION WITH A CHIEF EXECUTIVE LED SYSTEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.

CAUSE

STRUCTURE TOWARDS

A

BE WELL ESTABLISHED, "BY THEN, THE MANAGEMENT REFORMS SHOULD

ΤΟ PLAY AND IT WOULD THEN BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

TO

A CHIEF APPOINT A LESS ACTIVE ROLE AND THE HA SPOKESMAN ADDED.

EXECUTIVE,"

THE

/"THE PHA