MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVANTS (Employment figures and turnover rates, 1975 - 77)

Parliament of Singapore · 20 March 1978 · 4th Parliament

Official Report, 20 March 1978, Vol 37, Issue 13 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Lim Chee OnnToh Chin Chye
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Mr Lim Chee Onn asked the Minister for Health, as at 31st December, 1977, (a) how many of the posts for medical and health servants in hospitals were vacant and what proportion of the number of established posts did these vacancies represent; (b) what was the number by sex of medical and health servants employed in hospitals; and (c) what was the number of female medical and health servants working in male wards, and vice versa; and what were the comparative figures as at 31st December, 1975 and 31st December, 1976.

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Mr Lim Chee Onn asked the Minister for Health what were the monthly turnover rates of medical and health servants working in hospitals during the period 1st April, 1977 to 31st December, 1977 and what were the comparative figures for the periods 1st April, 1975 to 31st December, 1975 and 1st April, 1976 to 31st December, 1976.

Dr Toh Chin Chye: The statistical data on medical and health servants requested are as follows:- Year 1975 1976 1977 ______________________________________________________________ 1 (a) No. of Medical & Health Servants posts in hospitals as at 31 Dec. 3141 3182 3220 No. of vacancies in hospitals as at 31 Dec. 81 75 95 Vacancies as percentage of established posts 2.58 2.35 2.95 ______________________________________________________________ (b) No. of Male Medical & Health Servants in hospitals as at 31 Dec. 1445 1434 1333 No. of Female Medical & Health Servants in hospitals as at 31 Dec. 1615 1673 1792 ______________________________________________________________ (c) No. of Female Medical & Health Servants in male wards as at 31 Dec. 61 125 162 No. of Male Medical & Health Servants in female wards as at 31 Dec. - - - ______________________________________________________________ 2 Turnover of Medical & Health Servants from April to December (resigned, vacated office, retired or dismissed) 169 161 194 Average monthly turnover rate 19 18 21 NOTE: Figures in (1) relate to hospitals only. Figures in (2) include other non-hospital institutions.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 20 March 1978. Republished on SGParliament.