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A stable workforce was maintained by NTEC with special concern
on the workload of frontline doctors, nurses and allied health
professionals. To relieve heavy workload, additional nurses were
recruited and frontline allied health professionals were added to
enhance support for patients requiring multi-disciplinary care and
rehabilitation. More patient care assistants were recruited for allied
health departments to share out simple clinical tasks and relieve
clerical workload. In addition, the auto-refill service of medical
consumables and linen items were implemented in all hospital
wards in PWH, SCH and SH to relieve workload of ward staff.
To avoid unnecessar y admission, the Cluster successfully
implemented psychiatric consultation liaison service in Tai Po
district. It was then rolled out in Shatin district with 1,500 psychiatric
consultation liaison attendances at the A&E department in PWH for
patients with probable mental health problems. Community care for
mental health patients was enhanced through case management
service for 700 patients with severe mental illness residing in North
District. To enhance inpatient psychiatric service, Tai Po Hospital has
facilities improved so that recovery oriented treatment programmes
could be provided to patients in psychiatric admission wards, which
were renovated in February 2014.
聯網維持穩定的工作團隊，特別關注前線醫生、護
士及專職醫療人員的工作壓力。為減輕他們的工作
量，聯網增聘護士和前線專職醫療人員，為需要跨
專業照顧及復康服務的病人加強支援；專職醫療部
亦增聘病人服務助理，分擔文書工作及簡單的臨床
職務。此外，威爾斯親王醫院、沙田慈氏護養院及
沙田醫院病房推行醫療用品及被服用品自動補充服
務，減輕病房人員的工作量。
為減少不必要的病人住院，聯網成功在大埔區推行
精神科諮詢會診服務，其後推展至沙田區。威爾斯
親王醫院急症室提供
1,500
個諮詢會診名額，診視
可能有心理健康問題的病人。聯網亦為居於北區的
700
名嚴重精神病患者，提供個案管理服務，加強
精神科社區照顧。為提升精神科住院服務，大埔醫
院於
2014
年
2
月完成病房改善工程，精神科收症
病房為病人提供復元為本的治理計劃。
Head Office and Cluster Reports
總辦事處及醫院聯網工作匯報
