* Total inpatient, day patient discharges and deaths
To face challenges from growing population as well as rising ageing population of Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai, NTWC catered to escalating demand of healthcare services of the community through various initiatives.
52 new beds commenced service in TMH and POH in 2014-15, relieving overcrowded ward environment. In addition, the Cluster strengthened surgical operation capacity by adding extra operating theatre sessions in POH and setting up a new Total Joint Replacement Centre.
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For ambulatory and outpatient services, POH opened a geriatric day hospital with 20 day places and enhanced urology day service by providing additional clinic sessions to manage 80 new cases from specialist outpatient clinics. The Cluster’s general outpatient clinics added 7,300 episodic quotas to improve the access by target population groups to |
public primary healthcare services in response to rising service demand. Service for renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease was enhanced with additional home automated peritoneal dialysis treatment. The Cluster also strengthened cardiac care by providing extended hour emergency percutaneous coronary intervention service at TMH. For mental health services, recovery-oriented treatment programmes for patients in psychiatric wards were provided. NTWC also recruited case managers for the provision of integrated care and enhance community support for children with special care needs such as those with mental retardation or physical disabilities. Besides, a new computed tomography (CT) scanner was installed in TMH to alleviate waiting time through enhancing the capacity by 3,000 more CT examinations. |
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| The Cluster has recruited more doctors and nurses to tackle increasing workload. More allied health professionals were hired to enhance support for patients requiring multi-disciplinary care and rehabilitation. The Cluster also enhanced the manpower of patient care assistants to share out simple clinical tasks and relieve the clerical workload of allied health professionals. |  |
To strengthen service quality and safety, TMH has rolled out surgical instrument tracking system this year to support the improvement of sterilisation in operating theatres. A barcode-based tracking and archiving system in anatomical pathology laboratories was also implemented to ensure correct identification of anatomical pathology specimens. With a newly set up minimally invasive surgery suite in TMH, the facilities and equipment in operating theatres were modernised. Minimally invasive surgery technique has been applied in 70% of the hysterectomy surgeries for suitable gynaecological patients.
NTWC has strengthened business and administrative support to facilitate further expansion of clinical services of POH and the construction works of Tin Shui Wai Hospital.
