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SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1990

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INCREMENTAL POINT FOR WARD STEWARDS APPROVED

HAS APPROVED

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

PROCEED ONE SALARY A PROPOSAL FOR WARD STEWARDS TO COMPLETION OF ONE YEAR'S SATISFACTORY SERVICE.

POINT

ON

HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT A SPOKESMAN FOR THE STEWARDS WERE CURRENTLY RENUMERATED AT A FIXED SALARY PEGGED AT 5 OF THE MASTER PAY SCALE ($5,515).

SAID WARD

POINT

"AFTER THE APPROVAL GIVEN BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE

ON OF WARD STEWARDS WILL PROCEED TO POINT 6 ONE YEAR'S SATISFACTORY SERVICE.

"THIS

SERVE AS

AN

($5,875)

SALARY COMPLETION OF

PENDING MEASURE INTERIM

THE

WILL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY."

THE

STEWARD WARD

WAS SCHEME

TO

INTRODUCED BY THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT LAST AUGUST INTO BUSY WARDS IN MAJOR HOSPITALS

NON-CLINICAL AND NON-PROFESSIONAL HELP RELIEVE WARD STAFF OF THEIR DUTIES.

CONTRIBUTING BEEN

WELL

TO

"THE SCHEME HAS PROFESSIONAL STAFF RESOURCES SO AS TO ACHIEVE BETTER PATIENT CARE.

BEEN "THE SCHEME HAS

CLOSELY MONITORED

NURSES, COMPRISES WHICH ADMINISTRATORS," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

STEERING COMMITTEE

BEEN HAS

MAXIMISE

A

AND

BY REVIEWED DOCTORS AND HOSPITAL

RECEIVING POSITIVE AND "THE STEERING COMMITTEE

WARD ENCOURAGING FEEDBACKS. DOCTORS AND NURSES APPRECIATE THE HELP OF

PROFESSIONAL AND STEWARDS. THEY CAN NOW BETTER CONCENTRATE ON THEIR CLINICAL DUTIES AND PROVIDE BETTER CARE FOR PATIENTS.

WORKING IN THE AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 110 WARD STEWARDS

ELIZABETH

MARY HOSPITAL, QUEEN QUEEN FOUR REGIONAL HOSPITALS:

PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL. HOSPITAL, PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL AND

HOSPITAL THEY ALSO WORK IN THE TWO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS: CASTLE PEAK AND KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL.

LAUNCHED RECENTLY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THE NEW

THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECRUITMENT EXERCISES TO EMPLOY ABOUT 70 MORE WARD STEWARDS. RECRUITS WILL BE POSTED TO THE SIX MAJOR HOSPITALS.

WITH 34 BEDS

OR

THE

"OUR PLAN IS THAT EVENTUALLY ALL BUSY WARDS MORE IN MAJOR HOSPITALS WILL EACH BE SERVED BY ONE WARD STEWARD," SPOKESMAN SAID.

/WARD STEWARDS