- To adopt a patient-centered approach and coordinate with patient organizations, volunteers, community partners, and clinical teams
- To facilitate and strengthen patients’ self-care for their active management of diseases
- To enhance psychosocial support and facilitate community integration for both patients and carers
- To establish platforms for patients and carers to enhance their empowerment and self-management
- To act as an interface in engaging patients, carers, volunteers and community organizations as partners in healthcare
- Patient and Carer Empowerment and Support
- Provides psychosocial support for patients and carers
- Collaborates with clinical departments and community stakeholders to promote disease management, health information and community resources, including health talks, peer sharing, peer support programmes, and community collaboration programmes.
- Invite recovered patients to volunteer and share their treatment journey, aiding others in building confidence and providing mutual support.
- Support to Patient Groups
- Develops and nurtures patient self-help groups, facilitate the reinforcement of patient support groups and mutual support networks.
- Develops and promotes care and mutual support amongst peers by cooperating with healthcare professionals, community organizations and district patient support groups to organize support programmes for patients and carers
- Volunteer Services and Development
- Assists the hospital in providing efficient and high-quality services
- Facilitates patients and the needy in reintegrating into society and improve their quality of life
- Promotes the philosophy of “Helping Others to Help Themselves” and foster “volunteerism”
- Partners with the community
- Community Collaboration and Partnership
- Develops a platform to facilitate community partners and involve service users in order to enhance medical-social collaborations
- Promotes health education
- Aims to build a healthy and caring community
- Gathers community strengths to improve patient’s quality of life
| Service Unit | Address | Tel. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Health Resource Centre | 2/F, Old Block | 3505 3158 |
| Cancer Patient Resource Centre | 3/F, Sir Yue Kong Pao Cancer Centre | 3505 4030 |