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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

2 November 1988

香港立法局——————— 一九八八年十一月二日

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The wastage rate for the first six months of 1988 was 3.5% and during the last five year period has ranged from a minimum of 3.8% in 1985-86 to a maximum of 5.6% in 1987-88.

In the first six months of 1988-89 a total of 1 897 nurses undertook some form of training, either locally or overseas. Over the preceding five years the respective numbers, were 1 898; 2 319; 2 769; 3 333 and 4 150. These figures represent approximately 35% to 45% of the total establishment during the period. Some 15 to 20 nurses were trained overseas each year.

I am also able to provide some information on the medical technologist grade. As at 1 April 1988, the established strength of the grade was 222 against which 24 posts remained unfilled. Since 1983, 15 officers have left the grade, the greatest number being recorded in the current financial year. As at 1 October 1988, six officers had left the grade, compared to an average of two per year for the previous three years. The annual wastage rates in this grade have remained relatively low at around 1% to 2% per annum.

During the last five years, a total of 322 officers undertook local training courses and 51 were trained overseas. These figures represent, on average, some 28% and 5% of the grade respectively.

With regard to the staffing of new hospital projects it is the normal practice to plan for the provision of new staff required some two or three years in advance of a hospital's completion date. As at 1 October 1988, 1 537 registered nurses posts had been created for the commissioning of the new Tuen Mun Hospital and the Queen Mary Hospital Extension projects.

As I have stated earlier, I shall provide Mr. CHOW with further details in writing on all the various categories of health care staff employed in the Medical and Health Department.

周美德議員問:主席先生,答案的第三節裏面指出,目前編制上有9 262名的註冊護士和見 習護士,政府可否告知本局,實際在這數目上的見習護士究竟有多少名?以及過往的見習護士, 政府認為不能夠作為正式工作人手計算,而現時將見習護士列入這個數字中,會不會有取巧之嫌 另一方面,答案的第九段指出一九八八年,即今年的十月一日開始有1 537名註冊護士之 設立,但我們回顧今年的上半年,只能夠聘請到二百三十一名註冊護士和見習護士,同時第四與 第五段又指出,今年的上半年度已有三百一十七名的註冊護士與見習護士離職,而在離職率方面

已經有3.5%,這個數字已相等於在一九八五至八六年度的離職數字,政府可否告知本局, 將會採取什麼方法吸引更多人投身於這個護理行列與怎樣挽留現職的護士以應付目前緊張的服務

和將來的新醫院,尤其是1989年開設的屯門醫院的需求?

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