New Territories West Cluster Recent Developments

Major Development in New Territories West Cluster 2023/2024:

Provide Smart Care

• Build capacity to provide 360 additional tests by Next-Generation Sequencing for lung cancer patients
• Provide 620 additional early mobilisation treatment sessions by physiotherapists to ICU patients.
• Provide MR-guided Focused Ultrasound treatment to 10 additional patients at TMH.
• Provide an addition of 30 GDH places and 3 120 GDH attendances at TMH.
• Enhance renal services by providing 7 additional patient capacities for automated peritoneal dialysis.
• Set up pharmacist clinic for anti-coagulant therapy at POH to provide 870 additional pharmacist clinic attendances.

Develop Smart Hospitals

• Strengthen manpower to facilitate the implementation of smart hospital projects.

Nurture Smart Workforce

• Enhance nursing manpower in psychiatric inpatient wards.
• Strengthen nursing career structure by providing additional positions of ANC.
• Provide additional opportunities for promoting 23 ENs to RNs and 10 RNs to APNs.
• Provide additional promotion opportunities for allied health professionals and provide services for 1 600 additional specialised allied health inpatient assessments.
• Recruit 16 full-time equivalent APNs as part-time clinical preceptors for junior nurses.

Enhance Service Supply

• Strengthen manpower to prepare for the commissioning of Community Health Centre at Tuen Mun 29 West Area.
• Provide 8 additional acute surgical beds at TMH.
• Commission the extension of OT block at TMH by providing 6 additional OT sessions per week, one additional pre-anaesthetic consultation session per week, as well as providing services for 310 additional allied health outpatient attendances and enhance sterilisation services.
• Implement clinical pharmacy services on discharge medication management for patients admitted to acute medical wards at TMH.
• Enhance optometry services by providing 550 additional allied health outpatient attendances.
• Provide services for 3 360 additional attendances by physiotherapist, 150 additional attendances by podiatrist and 600 additional allied health outpatient attendances.
• Strengthen care-related support for allied health professionals and provide services for 600 additional allied health inpatient attendances.
• Recruit additional care-related supporting staff for diagnostic radiology services.
• Strengthen supporting manpower to enhance infection control measures at CPH and SLH.