Number of Recipients of Scholarships under Community Care Manpower Development Award

Debated in Parliament on 5 Aug 2019.

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Assoc Prof Daniel Goh asked the Minister for Health about the number of students, mid-career switchers, community care staff, and general practitioners who have received scholarships under the Community Care Manpower Development Award since its launch and whether the targets have been met.
The Community Care Manpower Development Award was launched in April 2017 with a budget of about $12 million up to 2020 to attract new entrants and develop in-service staff in the community care sector.
To date, close to $8 million has been committed to support around 250 individuals in training and skills upgrading, with over 200 awardees being in-service staff, about 10% of whom are mid-career candidates.
The remaining awardees include students and general practitioners, covering fields such as nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and gerontology.
The Minister did not directly state whether the numbers have met the targets, but the committed funds and awardee figures indicate progress under the programme.

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Assoc Prof Daniel Goh Pei Siong

Assoc Prof Daniel Goh Pei Siong asked the Minister for Health how many students, mid-career switchers, community care sector staff and general practitioners respectively have received scholarships under the Community Care Manpower Development Award since its launch and whether the numbers have been hitting the targets.

Gan Kim Yong

The Community Care Manpower Development Award (CCMDA) was launched in April 2017. It supports the community care sector in attracting new entrants, and developing in-service staff. A budget of about $12 million was set aside to support the programme up to 2020.

To date, we have committed close to $8 million under the CCMDA to support around 250 individuals to pursue training and skills upgrading opportunities in fields such as nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and gerontology. Over 200 awardees are in-service staff, of whom about 10% are mid-career candidates. The other awardees comprise students and general practitioners.

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Assoc Prof Daniel Goh asked the Minister for Health about the number of students, mid-career switchers, community care staff, and general practitioners who have received scholarships under the Community Care Manpower Development Award since its launch and whether the targets have been met.
The Community Care Manpower Development Award was launched in April 2017 with a budget of about $12 million up to 2020 to attract new entrants and develop in-service staff in the community care sector.
To date, close to $8 million has been committed to support around 250 individuals in training and skills upgrading, with over 200 awardees being in-service staff, about 10% of whom are mid-career candidates.
The remaining awardees include students and general practitioners, covering fields such as nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and gerontology.
The Minister did not directly state whether the numbers have met the targets, but the committed funds and awardee figures indicate progress under the programme.

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Number of Recipients of Scholarships under Community Care Manpower Development Award

Debated in Parliament on 5 Aug 2019.

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Assoc Prof Daniel Goh asked the Minister for Health about the number of students, mid-career switchers, community care staff, and general practitioners who have received scholarships under the Community Care Manpower Development Award since its launch and whether the targets have been met.
The Community Care Manpower Development Award was launched in April 2017 with a budget of about $12 million up to 2020 to attract new entrants and develop in-service staff in the community care sector.
To date, close to $8 million has been committed to support around 250 individuals in training and skills upgrading, with over 200 awardees being in-service staff, about 10% of whom are mid-career candidates.
The remaining awardees include students and general practitioners, covering fields such as nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and gerontology.
The Minister did not directly state whether the numbers have met the targets, but the committed funds and awardee figures indicate progress under the programme.

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Assoc Prof Daniel Goh Pei Siong

Gan Kim Yong

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Assoc Prof Daniel Goh asked the Minister for Health about the number of students, mid-career switchers, community care staff, and general practitioners who have received scholarships under the Community Care Manpower Development Award since its launch and whether the targets have been met.
The Community Care Manpower Development Award was launched in April 2017 with a budget of about $12 million up to 2020 to attract new entrants and develop in-service staff in the community care sector.
To date, close to $8 million has been committed to support around 250 individuals in training and skills upgrading, with over 200 awardees being in-service staff, about 10% of whom are mid-career candidates.
The remaining awardees include students and general practitioners, covering fields such as nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and gerontology.
The Minister did not directly state whether the numbers have met the targets, but the committed funds and awardee figures indicate progress under the programme.

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