Plans to hire more dedicated administrative and support care staff to assist nurses

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang
MP for Nee Soon GRC

Question No. 2066

To ask the Minister for Health (a) what plans the Ministry has to hire more dedicated administrative and support care staff to assist nurses; (b) what is the number of additional staff members the Ministry intends to hire; and (c) what is the time frame for rolling out these plans.

Written Answer

The hiring of staff and determination of staffing numbers is managed by the healthcare clusters, not MOH. What MOH does is to work with the clusters to help redesign healthcare roles, and to facilitate equipping staff with the skills and training to allow them to grow throughout their careers. Every job in a hospital, or the healthcare sector, needs to be meaningful, dignified and enable the worker to develop and grow.