NOTICE PAPER NO. 2622
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
NOTICE FOR THE SITTING ON 5 MARCH 2024
Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang
MP for Nee Soon GRC
Question No. 5606
To ask the Minister for Health for FY2022 and FY2023, what is the annual number and percentage of doctors who resigned from public hospitals who are (i) 29 years old (ii) 30 years old (iii) 31 years old (iv) from 31 to 35 years old and (v) from 35 to 40 years old.
Answer
1 Across the requested age bands, the attrition rates of doctors from the public hospitals who have left the public healthcare sector are provided below.
Table 1: Attrition rate among doctors in public hospitals who have left the public healthcare sector, by age or age band, 2022-2023
|
Age / Age Band |
2022 |
2023 |
|
29 |
7% |
4% |
|
30 |
9% |
6% |
|
31 |
9% |
9% |
|
31 – 35 (inclusive) |
7% |
6% |
|
35 – 40 (inclusive) |
5% |
5% |
Source: Public Healthcare Institutions, MOHH