o you know your staff card is a free pass to discounts of many kinds? It is worth knowing that you can guard your oral health with an annual fee of $280!

The "Dental Care Plan" launched in 2005 has attracted more than 5,000 staff and their families last year. This year HA renewed the contract with the existing suppliers. Colleagues are free to pick their preferred plans among five dental care organisations from now until 31 March 2013. Annual fees range from $280 to $445.

For more offers such as theme park tickets, travel, mobile phones, and catering, browse the HA Staff Welfare Webpage http://ha.home/staff。

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28 responses were collected from the HASLink readership survey conducted from December 2011 toJanuary 2012. The HASLink editorial team appreciaties your valuable comments.

In terms of content, "Staff Corner" is the most popular, while "Feature" and "Spotlights" also receive many positive ratings.On the other hand, "VMV" and "HA 20th Anniversary" have the least reads. The Editorial Board decided to report more on welfare, discounts and training news in "Staff Corner" in future.

Colleagues also prefer more side-stories of different staff groups, recoveries of patients, reports of mental health support, history of hospitals, and adding a column for retired staff, which we find interesting and feasible.

On the other hand, many suggested reducing the size of the newsletter. A smaller paper makes it easier to carry. We will look into this idea.

There are also voices urging us to reduce or stop the printed version altogether. However, results also indicate that many readers prefer the paper version. Considering many colleagues do not have a personal computer at the workplace, we shall continue the paper version. To save cost and environment, we will explore with cluster representatives to lessen print copies.

We have reported our findings to various Staff Group Consultative Committees in May and June and collected useful opinions, e.g. increase frequency, improve online version, develop mobile app and listening version, reduce print copies, more feedback channels, just to name a few. The Editorial Board will study all suggestions in detail in order to make HASLink an effective bridge of communication among colleagues in HA.

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