New Territories West Cluster (NTWC)
| Number of general outpatient clinics | 8 |
| Throughput | |
| Number of beds | 4,368 |
| Patient discharges* | 230,372 |
| A&E attendances | 346,668 |
| Specialist outpatient attendances (clinical) | 1,018,293 |
| General outpatient attendances | 851,943 |
| Full-time equivalent staff | 10,480 |
* Total inpatient, day patient discharges and deaths
Expansion of service capacity is one of the key strategies adopted by NTWC to address escalating service demand from the community. With TSWH commencing its services in phases in early 2017, the provision of public medical services in Tin Shui Wai community, in particular the support of emergency service has enhanced significantly. TSWH will continue to expand its services in coming years to meet the demand of the residents in the district. Apart from this new service point in Tin Shui Wai, the Cluster also opened more than 100 additional beds in different hospitals in 2016-17 to cope with the increasing demand arising from the growing population and aging problem of the community.
To strengthen its surgical facilities and service capacity, TMH commenced the works of Operating Theatre Block Extension Project in 2016-17. Upon completion of the project, additional operating theatres, an expanded Accident and Emergency and Radiology Department, as well as more clinical space will be available in TMH.
Another key strategy deployed by NTWC is enhancement in service quality. Various measures were taken forward in 2016-17, such as implementation of the Inpatient Medication Order Entry system to ensure medication safety; creating additional Associate Consultant posts and training additional nurses to retain experienced clinical staff; enhancing acute stroke, haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, operating theatre and endoscopy services for treatment of better quality.
In future, NTWC will continue to strive for enhancement in service capacity and quality, and invest in adding new facilities to manage service demand of the patients in Tuen Mun and Yuen Long districts.