Doctor applications shortlisted

September 21, 2011

The Hospital Authority has shortlisted 29 applications from non-local doctors for further processing to address the acute manpower shortage in certain specialties of public hospitals, particularly in the medicine, anaesthesia, and accident and emergency sections.
 
The authority said today 160 applications have been scrutinised, with 29 assessed to be eligible for further processing. Thirty require further assessment.
 
The specialist qualifications and experience of some of the 29 eligible applicants were earlier screened by the specialty panels, comprising the Chairmen and Training Subcommittee Chairmen of the Central Co-ordinating Committees of the respective specialties in Medicine, Anaesthesia and Accident & Emergency.
 
The authority will submit the first batch of applications to the Medical Council of Hong Kong for approval by year's-end.
 
The authority will again advertise to recruit both full-time and part-time local doctors.
 
As at July, 167 part-time doctors had been employed by public hospitals, comprising 42 consultants, 45 associate consultants and 80 medical officers.