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Hong Kong authorities will freeze the pay of senior managers at public healthcare facilities for medical blunders as part of reforms to hold staff accountable, with an official saying firing employees is not an option given the sector’s manpower crunch. Henry Fan Hung-ling, chairman of the Hospital Authority, also said on Saturday that the organisation […]
Hongkongers will have quicker and cheaper access to new medications when the Hospital Authority starts centralising new drug assessments and improving its procurement system to cut introduction times to its formulary by five months. The authority’s chief pharmacist, William Chui Chun-ming, said on Thursday doctors would no longer need to go through the assessment at […]
Hong Kong authorities have streamlined a mechanism designed to help children at risk of suicide after the city leader noted an imbalance in the use of resources and asked for improvements. The government also announced on Friday a one-year extension of the emergency three-tier mechanism, which was launched in December 2023 and was due to […]