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WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1993

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MRS WONG SAID OTHER SOURCES OF SUPPLY INCLUDED DIRECT RECRUITMENT AND NURSING DEGREE GRADUATES FROM THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

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TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION CURRENT ANNUAL WASTAGE RATE PER CENT FOR DOCTORS AND 9.6 PER CENT FOR NURSES RESPECTIVELY, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 255 DOCTORS AND 1,223 REGISTERED NURSES WILL BE REQUIRED IN EACH OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO MEET THE DEMAND ARISING FROM NEW SERVICE AREAS.

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*AGAINST THIS DEMAND, THERE WILL BE AN ANNUAL SUPPLY FROM LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND FROM OUR NURSES TRAINING SCHOOLS OF ABOUT 250 DOCTORS AND 1,200 REGISTERED NURSES FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR," SHE SAID.

APART FROM RATIOS DRAWN UP BY THE FORMER MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ALSO TAKES REFERENCE FROM ACTUAL OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND STAFFING PROVISION IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS HAVING REGARD TO THE ADVANCEMENTS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE ADVENT OF NEW TREATMENT PROCEDURES.

MRS WONG EXPLAINED THAT THE MANPOWER PLANNING PROCESS FIRST INVOLVED BUSINESS PLANNING BY INDIVIDUAL HOSPITALS TO IDENTIFY THE ACTUAL DEMAND AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS.

THIS IS FOLLOWED BY CENTRAL ASSESSMENT BY THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ON THE OVERALL DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF MANPOWER AND THE SETTING OF ANNUAL RECRUITMENT TARGETS.

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"THIS PLANNING PROCESS HAS BEEN APPLIED IN THE CASE OF PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL AND THE TAI PO NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL, SHE SAID.

REGARDING THE PLANNED NEW NORTH DISTRICT HOSPITAL, SHE SAID A COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY HER HAD BEEN SET UP ΤΟ PLAN THE MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS AND TO ENSURE THAT TRAINING PROGRAMMES WERE IN PLACE TO MEET THEM.

THE COMMITTEE COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES FROM FINANCE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

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