2024年5月8日，新加坡衛生部長王乙康在國會書面答覆楊厝港單選區議員葉漢榮關於如何確保公立醫療體系醫生高留任率的問題。

以下內容為新加坡眼根據國會英文資料翻譯整理：

葉漢榮（楊厝港單選區議員）先生詢問衛生部長：

(a) 有哪些策略可以確保公立醫療體系醫生的高留任率，尤其是那些接受本地培訓的醫生？

(b) 衛生部如何確保各基本醫療專科和亞專科的人員配備充足，同時兼顧他們的工作與生活平衡？

(c) 隨著人口老齡化，是否需要增加從海外招募專科醫生，尤其是外科醫生，以滿足日益增長的服務需求？

王乙康（衛生部長）先生：公立醫療體系的醫生，包括專科醫生，經常受到私立醫療體系的誘惑。然而，許多人選擇在公立醫療體系工作，是因為它的使命、學習和研究機會。因此，我們能夠留住所需的人才，近年來公立醫療體系醫生的流失率一直保持在 3% 至 5% 左右。

目前，我們擁有一支健康的專科人才隊伍，可以滿足我們的醫療保健需求。然而，由於人口老齡化帶來的護理需求不斷增長，一些專科或學科的需求也隨之增加，例如家庭醫學、老年醫學、內科和康復醫學，近年來，我們逐步增加了這些領域的培訓人數。

我們與醫院和高等院校合作，擴大本地醫學院的招生規模，並將繼續吸引在海外接受過這些領域培訓的新加坡人回國，並在適當的情況下，用外國醫生補充我們醫院的醫務人員隊伍。

以下是英文質詢內容：

Mr Yip Hon Weng asked the Minister for Health (a) what are the strategies to ensure high retention rates for doctors in the public healthcare system, particularly those who are locally trained; (b) how does the Ministry ensure adequate staffing levels across essential medical specialties and sub-specialties with consideration for their work-life balance; and (c) with an ageing population, whether there is a need to increase recruitment of specialists from overseas, particularly surgeons, to meet the growing demand for their services.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: Public sector doctors, including specialists, are constantly subject to the lure of the private sector. However, many have chosen a career in public sector because of its mission, the learning and research opportunities. As a result, we have been able to retain the talent we need, with the attrition rate of doctors in public healthcare consistent at about 3% to 5% in recent years.

Currently, we have a healthy pipeline of specialists to meet our healthcare needs. However, there are some specialties or disciplines with increased demand due to the evolving care needs of an ageing population, such as Family Medicine Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, and we have progressively increased training numbers in these areas in recent years.

We have worked with our hospitals and Institutes of Higher Learning to expand the local medical school intakes and will also continue to attract back Singaporeans who are trained in these areas overseas, and complement the medical workforce in our hospitals with foreign doctors, where appropriate.

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