ocated at Tung Chung New Town near Yat Tung Estate, North Lantau Hospital (NLTH) Phase I will be commissioned this year. To prepare for the opening of NLTH, HA will be employing over 80 new staff of various professions by the end of 2012. Once the manpower plan is laid out, a full-scale staff recruitment exercise will commence.

The main building of the newest hospital in Kowloon West Cluster is a seven-storey crescent-shaped block offering 160 in-patient beds and 20 day beds. It will also be a hospital full of green features such as energy-efficient curtain walls and a podium garden.

The NLTH Commissioning Office has been set up to plan and coordinate the service scope, manpower and other resources requirement for the hospital.

Colleagues who aspire to show their talents at NLTH are most welcome to keep an eye on the VNCs and other recruitment information by HA.

pon the invitation from the Ministry of Health, the Hospital Authority Board Members delegation made a visit to Beijing from 8 to 10 February. The delegation, led by HA Chairman Anthony Wu, met with officials from the Minister of Health and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The Minister of Health Chen Zhu highly commended HA for its proven experience in the management of public hospital system as well as the achievements in training of management talent. He hoped the mainland would be able to learn from the experience of HA.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between HA and the Ministry of Health on the collaboration of management training for healthcare executives to deepen mutual exchange and cooperation.

n the road to recovery, both patients and their healthcare professionals face enormous psychological pressure. In order to establish a sharing, caring culture, healthcare professionals at PMH actively promoted its "Care We Share" campaign, having organised various bonding activities including communication workshops, staff sharing sessions, video shooting, as well as birthday parties for patients, a joint patient-staff organic farm visit, etc. These activities provided a platform for staff to share experience and build up a positive workplace atmosphere. This culture of love and care also extends into healthcare services, touching the hearts of many patients.

The campaign has started since October 2010. Recently, the campaign committee held a reunion gathering, inviting representatives of chronic disease patient groups to share their feelings and appreciation to our colleagues. Some patients already treated our colleagues as friends and even joked that they would consult the doctor before deciding whether to get married!

hat is negotiation? Do we negotiate to influence or to win?

During the "Pre-80s Meet Post-80s" interactive live broadcast programme of HA on 30 January, Chairman Anthony Wu and the three guests Dr Charles Ho, chairman of Hong Kong Public Consultant Doctors Group, Dr Loletta So, president of Hong Kong Public Doctors' Association, and Dr Seamus Siu, chairman of Frontline Doctors Union, had a prolific discussion on the topic of "The Art of Negotiation"

All three representatives of doctors' unions are experienced negotiators. All of them agreed that, both parties on the negotiation table should make an effort to understand one another, and work together to achieve a win-win outcome.

To view the show, please go to http://havideo.home
The next episode is on air on 29 February.