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Steering Committee on Primary Healthcare Development

 

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Membership

Chairperson

Secretary for Health

Non-official members

Professor Chan Wing-kwong
Mr Philip Chiu Kwok-leung
Mr Chua Hoi-wai
Dr Lam Ching-choi
Professor Cindy Lam Lo-kuen
Professor Gabriel Matthew Leung
Dr Donald Li Kwok-tung
Mr Shum Ho-kit
Professor Hector Tsang Wing-hong
Professor Frances Wong Kam-yuet
Professor Samuel Wong Yeung-shan

Ex-officio members

Permanent Secretary for Health
Permanent Secretary for Labour and Welfare (or representative)
Director of Health (or representative)
Director of Home Affairs (or representative)
Commissioner for Primary Healthcare, Health Bureau (or representative)
Chief Executive, Hospital Authority (or representative)
Chief Manager (Nursing), Hospital Authority (or representative)

 

Terms of reference

To develop a blueprint for the sustainable development of primary healthcare services for Hong Kong, the Steering Committee would deliberate on the following -

  1. Manpower and infrastructure planning - review the software and hardware provision for the delivery of primary healthcare, with a view to achieving better efficiency and effectiveness, and identifying scope for enhancement;
  2. Collaboration model - develop primary healthcare service models which can enhance medical-social collaboration and public-private partnership and facilitate interfacing with other levels in the healthcare system;
  3. Community engagement - develop strategies and incentives to raise the health awareness of the community, and promote health management and patient empowerment;
  4. Planning and evaluation framework - exploit the use of big data to plan and devise strategies that best fit the needs of the community. Develop the framework for monitoring and evaluating initiatives or pilot projects, including the development of performance indicators and clinical and health outcomes, such as the reduction in avoidable use of accident and emergency and inpatient services in the public system; and
  5. Strategy formulation – having regard to Tasks 1–4 above, formulate strategies for enhancing primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in the community.
14 Nov 2022