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The Board continued to enhance corporate governance 醫管局大會繼續致力提升機構管治措施，加
practices to reinforce stewardship and effective management 強對醫管局及其服務的監察和有效管理。大
of HA and its services. A special task group was set up by the 會於2019年3月設立特別工作小組，檢討及
Board in March 2019 to review and streamline administrative 理順行政效率。檢討於2019年11月完成，
efficiency. The review was completed in November 2019 and 有關建議措施亦已落實，當中包括理順醫管
recommendations were implemented, including at the Board 局大會層面的流程。大會及其專責委員會致
level where processes were streamlined. Ongoing efforts 力制訂年度預設議程，並更著重確保議程規
on annual agenda forecasts by the Board and its functional 劃切合其職權範圍所訂的策略及運作範疇。
committees continued, with further emphasis made on
proactive agenda planning on various strategic and functional 此外，因應當前需要，我們現正更新《醫管
dimensions of the respective Terms of Reference (TOR). Action 局大會機構管治守則》。大會亦督導和監察
was in hand to renew the Code of Corporate Governance 醫管局的機構風險管理，涵蓋不同職能範疇
Practices of the HA Board in light of prevailing needs. 和管理架構，包括臨床及非臨床的風險。
The Board also steered and monitored organisation-wide
risk management in HA across different functional areas
and management structures, covering both clinical and
non-clinical risk in the Authority.

Against the background of ever-increasing demand due to 鑒於人口老化和慢性病普遍導致服務需求與
ageing population and chronic disease prevalence, the Board 日俱增，醫管局大會於2019年12月成立專
in December 2019 set up a task group to look into major 責小組，探視醫管局在可持續發展方面面對
sustainability challenges facing HA for formulating strategic 的主要挑戰，以制訂機構策略方向。專責小
directions for HA. The task group and the respective subgroups 組及轄下的小組委員會現正審視多個策略
are looking into a number of strategic issues such as smart 範疇，例如智能醫院計劃、長遠的軟硬件規
hospital initiatives, longer term hardware and software 劃、服務輪候時間、挽留人手及人力資源
planning, waiting time, staff retention and human resources 措施，以及公私營協作計劃等。
initiatives and Public-Private-Partnership programmes.

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