Kowloon West Cluster (KWC)
| Number of general outpatient clinics | 23 |
| Throughput | |
| Number of beds | 6,652 |
| Patient discharges* | 402,432 |
| A&E attendances | 631,235 |
| Specialist outpatient attendances (clinical) | 1,761,030 |
| General outpatient attendances | 1,716,077 |
| Full-time equivalent staff | 16,332 |
* 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.
In 2016-17, KWC implemented a number of initiatives to meet the growing service demand and uphold service quality and patient safety.
To allay staff turnover and retain talents, KWC provided additional promotion opportunities for Residents to Associate Consultants. Besides, the Cluster continued the annual progression exercise for Patient Care Assistants working in wards with 24 hours services.
On improving service capacity, percutaneous coronary intervention in PMH was strengthened; designated beds were assigned in YCH and WTSH to support the chronic ventilator-dependent patients; capacity of the Cluster on renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease was enhanced; cancer care was extended to CMC with chemotherapy service rolled out. To enhance accessibility of health services, the integrated neurological rehabilitation service in PMH was strengthened. Medical and Geriatric day ward service was extended. Additional sessions per week were added for day surgery, minor procedures and audiology services in CMC to further shorten the waiting time for patients.
The capacity of mental health service was further strengthened by increasing the psychiatric learning disabilities outreach attendances in KCH. Besides, the support to children with special-care needs in special schools was enhanced by recruitment of additional case managers in KWH and CMC. The primary care service was enhanced with additional attendances in the Family Medicine Triage Clinics to reduce the waiting time for specialist outpatient clinics. The access to target population groups was further improved by providing additional evening sessions in North Kwai Chung General Outpatient Clinic.
To improve medication safety, Inpatient Medication Order Entry system was extended to CMC.
With an aim to strengthen the emergency preparedness during major outbreaks of infectious diseases in Hong Kong, additional manpower was recruited in PMH to provide rapid response at the first stage of disease emergence.