Butt Ho Fung
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Managing in a mixed economy

Hospital Authority

The Hospital Authority is a statutory body established under the Hospital Authority Ordinance in 1990. They have been responsible for managing Hong Kong's public hospitals and their services to the community since December 1991. They are accountable to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government through the Secretary for Food and Health, who also formulates health policies and monitors performance.

At present, The Hospital Authority has a workforce of around 58,000 people, and it manages 41 hospitals and institutions, 48 Specialist Out-patient Clinics (SOPCs), and 74 General Out-patient Clinics (GOPCs). Between them, they provide 27,000 beds, or about 4 beds for every 1,000 members of the public.

The Hospital Authority is a "people-first" organisation. Their work is guided by   Vision, Mission, and Values, and their primary objectives are to help the community stay healthy and to contribute towards the fulfillment of the Hong Kong SAR Government's policy that "no one should be prevented, through lack of means, from obtaining adequate medical treatment". They do this by ensuring that all members of the community have access to comprehensive, affordable, highly professional and people-centred preventative, curative and rehabilitation healthcare services if they need them.

Vision
Healthy People, Happy Staff, Trusted by the Community

Their vision begins by committing ourselves to the health of the community, thus helping its members to avoid the need to spend time in hospitals whenever possible. They seek to achieve this firstly by providing high-quality services that aim to cure their patients, so that they will not have to be readmitted, and secondly by enabling outpatients to enjoy the best-possible health and quality of life outside the walls of   hospitals.

 
People are the key factor in the delivery of our services. They therefore need to ensure they feel... [continues]

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