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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.

/ON PRIMARY