NOTICE PAPER NO. 2682 NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 2 APRIL 2024 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Ms Joan Pereira MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC Question… Read More »USE OF MEDISAVE FOR ROOT CANAL TREATMENTS FOR SENIORS ABOVE AGE 55
NOTICE PAPER NO. 2655 NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 2 APRIL 2024 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Ms Rachel Ong MP for West Coast GRC Question… Read More »Healthcare Professionals Undergoing Investigation for Patient Abuse
NOTICE PAPER NO. 2671 NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 2 APRIL 2024 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mr Gan Thiam Poh MP for Ang Mo Kio… Read More »NUMBER OF REFERRALS TO SPECIALIST CLINICS BY POLYCLINICS AND GPS, AND DIFFERENCE IN SUBSIDIES GRANTED FOR SUCH REFERRALS
NOTICE PAPER NO. 2666 NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 2 APRIL 2024 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mr Christopher de Souza MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC… Read More »INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DENTISTS IN PUBLIC HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS TO MEET SINGAPOREANS’ DENTAL CARE NEEDS
NOTICE PAPER NO. 2657 NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 2 APRIL 2024 Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament Mr Christopher de Souza MP for Holland–Bukit Timah GRC… Read More »ENHANCING HOME CAREGIVING ASSISTANCE FOR CAREGIVERS OF ELDERLY WITH DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
The Minister for Health has appointed Mr Wong Kim Yin as the Chairman of the Board of the Health Promotion Board (HPB) from 1 April 2024 to 31… Read More »APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHAIRMAN FOR HEALTH PROMOTION BOARD
We thank Mr Russell Hood for his letter “Make glucose monitoring devices affordable for diabetes patients” (March 19). Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices can indeed be expensive. However, many users, unlike Mr Hood and for various… Read More »No subsidies for glucose monitoring devices now because not all patients benefit
Associate Professor Eddie Tong, Director of Social Service Research Centre, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to join you at the Social Service Research Centre Conference today on youth mental health.… Read More »SPEECH BY DR JANIL PUTHUCHEARY, SENIOR MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, AT THE SOCIAL SERVICE RESEARCH CENTRE CONFERENCE 2024 “YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH LANDSCAPE: UPSTREAM PREVENTION AND DOWNSTREAM INTERVENTION”
We thank Ms Liu Shu Fen for her letter “Expand retention scheme for nurses to other healthcare professionals” (March 8). We value the contributions of all our healthcare workers. To this end, the Ministry of… Read More »Focus is on good pay, career options for healthcare professions with smaller numbers
The Ministry of Health (MOH) will increase home palliative care capacity by 50% to 3,600 places by 2025, and inpatient and day hospice capacity by around 15% and 12% respectively by… Read More »UPDATE ON NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR PALLIATIVE CARE