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Supplementary to Question No. 8

LegCo meeting on 11.3.87

MR. HUI: Sir, in thanking the

in thanking the Secretary for his detailed and

informative reply, could he

could he inform

inform this Council whether there

will be public consultation when the Bill to amend the Mental

Health Ordinance is ready? Referring to recommendation 4 in

staff

for

his

tabled

report,

is

available

now

multi-disciplinary case conferences and finally, referring to

his tabled report recommendation 8, how many cases of ex-mental

patients have been approached by psychiatric nurses and social

workers?

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: Sir, last year there was

extensive consultation on the proposals which are now included

in the draft Bill with the various professional bodies that are

interested in this area, such

such as the universities, the medical

associations, the psychiatric and psychological associations

and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, and we have made a

number of changes to the draft Bill as a result of this

Subject

consultation.

Governor-in-Council,

to

the

approval

of

the

the bill of course will be published in

of full

the

the usual way in the Government Gazette before it is introduced

into this Council and there will be an opportunity of

discussion of all its proposals. On the second question,

situation differs in the two main mental hospitals. The staff

situation, I am told, in the Kwai Chung Hospital generally

permits multi-disciplinary case conferences

conferences to be held in most

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