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Diagnostic radiological service

Like other clusters, NTEC faces huge pressure in tackling the demand for
diagnostic radiological investigations. Some 50% of urgent P1 cases for
CT and mammogram could be done within one week. However, the 90th
percentile of waiting time for routine cases for CT, MRI, mammogram and
ultrasound was above 100 weeks in this period. This was mainly attributable
to the ever-increasing service demand for diagnostic radiology service in
the Cluster. To meet the challenge, NTEC will continue to increase service
capacity through annual planning exercises.

Surgical service

Rate of day surgery
plus same day surgery

80.0% 71.3%
70.0% 57.5% 56.5% 61.5% 67.1%
60.0% 50.4%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Surgery Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology
Traumatology

NTEC HA

The Cluster has achieved a higher rate of day surgery and same day surgery
with the opening of Peri-Operative Nurse Clinic and additional sessions of
Pre-Operative Anaesthetic Clinic (POAC) coupled with pilot programmes of
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) implemented by departments.
In future, the Cluster will allocate greater resources for POAC and implement
ERAS programme in General Surgery. Chapter II