Kowloon Central Cluster (KCC)
^ HA has ceased the management and operation of the Rehabaid Centre with effect from 8 April 2016.
| Number of general outpatient clinics | 6 |
| Throughput | |
| Number of beds | 3,596 |
| Patient discharges* | 224,668 |
| A&E attendances | 194,648 |
| Specialist outpatient attendances (clinical) | 1,035,508 |
| General outpatient attendances | 579,645 |
| Full-time equivalent staff | 9,998 |
* Total inpatient, day patient discharges and deaths
Wong Tai Sin District and Mong Kok area have been re-delineated from KWC to KCC since 1 December 2016. The service units in the concerned communities have therefore been re-delineated from KWC to KCC to support the new KCC catchment districts with effect from the same date. As a transitional arrangement, reports on services / manpower statistics and financial information continued to be based on the previous clustering arrangement (i.e. concerned service units still under KWC) until 31 March 2017. Reports in accordance with the new clustering arrangement (i.e. concerned service units grouped under KCC) start from 1 April 2017.
Re-delineation of the cluster boundary took effect from 1 December 2016 in regard to administrative arrangements. Hospitals including KWH, OLMH and WTSH, and services units were re-grouped from Kowloon West Cluster to new KCC catchment areas. Upon the cut-over for non-clinical support services and transfer of budget and manpower on 1 April 2017, KCC has started to develop strategic plan to align the provision of clinical services having regard to the recommendation of the Steering Committee on Review of HA.
To cope with the high demand for A&E and inpatient services, addressing waiting time and capacity issues was of high priority of KCC. Rapid Assessment and Treatment Team was piloted in QEH to support Triage III patients and additional support sessions were provided to handle Triage IV and V cases. To enhance inpatient service capacity in KCC, additional orthopaedic acute beds were opened in QEH.
In addition, QEH enhanced structural heart diseases programme, HIV services for eligible patients and renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal diseases. Additional operating theatre sessions and outside-theatre sessions for anaesthetic procedures were introduced. KCC Oncology service was strengthened by the extension of radiotherapy service hours and additional hepatitis B virus DNA tests were introduced to cancer patients.
HKEH strengthened the manpower to review and approach additional cases in order to identify suitable tissues and increase the supply of transplantable corneas for treatment of corneal blindness. BTS continued to scale up territory-wide blood transfusion service through increasing production and supply of leucodepleted red cells and platelet concentrates.
The clinical services provided at Yau Ma Tei Specialist Clinic were relocated to new Ambulatory Care Centre (Extension) in QEH which commenced operation in December 2016. The planning of the new acute general hospital in Kai Tak Development Area has also been in progress.