$10.7 billion spent on healthcare for financial year 2017. What has the Government been spending it on?
INFRASTRUCTURE
At least one new hospital every two years.
In 2018, Sengkang General and Community Hospitals will open.
In 2020, Outram Community Hospital is scheduled to be completed.
In 2022, the 1,800-bed Woodlands Health Campus will open and have an acute hospital and a community hospital sharing the same building.
So will the Integrated Care Hub, a 500-bed community hospital, situated next to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
This comes on top of the five new hospitals – Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Yishun and Jurong Community Hospitals, and the CGH-SACH Integrated Building – that have been opened since 2010.
INFRASTRUCTURE
At least one new hospital every two years.
In 2018, Sengkang General and Community Hospitals will open.
In 2020, Outram Community Hospital is scheduled to be completed.
In 2022, the 1,800-bed Woodlands Health Campus will open and have an acute hospital and a community hospital sharing the same building.
So will the Integrated Care Hub, a 500-bed community hospital, situated next to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
This comes on top of the five new hospitals – Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Yishun and Jurong Community Hospitals, and the CGH-SACH Integrated Building – that have been opened since 2010.
MANPOWER
In tandem with the infrastructure boost, an additional 30,000 healthcare workers will be needed between 2015 and 2020 to cope with the increased demand for healthcare services.
MOH will also invest $24m to get those making a mid-career switch on board.
TECHNOLOGY
The Government is also investing in the software to improve quality of care.
For instance, close to 600 bed transporters will be rolled out in four public hospitals from June 2018. The technology reduces the number of people needed to move a bed with a patient on it from two persons to one, improving overall productivity.
The Woodlands Health Campus, when completed, will provide every patient with an electronic device akin to a watch, which monitors vital signs, activity, and location. It will alert nurses when a patient’s blood pressure goes up by too much, or where to locate a dementia patient.
They can also keep tabs on a patient’s condition after he returns home with tele and video conferencing.
MEDICAL SAFETY NETS
Healthcare safety net expanded to better provide support lower- and middle-income Singaporeans, especially as many of them have to support both their children and elderly parents.
2/3 of households now receive up to 80% subsidy for home and community-based care, such as community hospitals and nursing homes.
More than 1.2 million Singaporeans are covered under the CHAS for outpatient visits.
MediShield Life, started in 2015, helps Singaporeans pay for their hospital bills and costlier outpatient treatments, such as kidney dialysis, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.
Close to $4 billion in subsidies will be provided by the Government in the first five years of the scheme to ensure premiums remain affordable for lower- and middle-income households.
The Government also provides periodic top-ups to Medisave, especially for the lower-income and elderly.
In 2017, the Finance Ministry disbursed over $310 million in Medisave top-ups as part of the Pioneer Generation Package and GSTV-Medisave payouts. The top-up amount ranges from $200 to $1,250 per person.
4 in 5 subsidised hospitalisation bills cost less than $100 after MediShield Life, Medisave, and other healthcare benefits.
Healthcare spending is expected to “rise quite sharply” in the next three to five years as our population ages.
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MANPOWER
In tandem with the infrastructure boost, an additional 30,000 healthcare workers will be needed between 2015 and 2020 to cope with the increased demand for healthcare services.
MOH will also invest $24m to get those making a mid-career switch on board.
TECHNOLOGY
The Government is also investing in the software to improve quality of care.
For instance, close to 600 bed transporters will be rolled out in four public hospitals from June 2018. The technology reduces the number of people needed to move a bed with a patient on it from two persons to one, improving overall productivity.
The Woodlands Health Campus, when completed, will provide every patient with an electronic device akin to a watch, which monitors vital signs, activity, and location. It will alert nurses when a patient’s blood pressure goes up by too much, or where to locate a dementia patient.
They can also keep tabs on a patient’s condition after he returns home with tele and video conferencing.
MEDICAL SAFETY NETS
Healthcare safety net expanded to better provide support lower- and middle-income Singaporeans, especially as many of them have to support both their children and elderly parents.
2/3 of households now receive up to 80% subsidy for home and community-based care, such as community hospitals and nursing homes.
More than 1.2 million Singaporeans are covered under the CHAS for outpatient visits.
MediShield Life, started in 2015, helps Singaporeans pay for their hospital bills and costlier outpatient treatments, such as kidney dialysis, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.
Close to $4 billion in subsidies will be provided by the Government in the first five years of the scheme to ensure premiums remain affordable for lower- and middle-income households.
The Government also provides periodic top-ups to Medisave, especially for the lower-income and elderly.
In 2017, the Finance Ministry disbursed over $310 million in Medisave top-ups as part of the Pioneer Generation Package and GSTV-Medisave payouts. The top-up amount ranges from $200 to $1,250 per person.
4 in 5 subsidised hospitalisation bills cost less than $100 after MediShield Life, Medisave, and other healthcare benefits.
Healthcare spending is expected to “rise quite sharply” in the next three to five years as our population ages.
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