Babies Seeking Paediatric Care at KK Women's and Children's Hospital from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am in Past Five Years

Debated in Parliament on 19 Mar 2018.

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Joan Pereira asked the Minister for Health about the number of babies seeking paediatric care at KK Women's and Children's Hospital from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am over the past five years, the average waiting time during those hours, and whether the Government will build more 24-hour outpatient paediatric clinics.
The Minister responded that in 2016 and 2017, 14,500 and 12,900 babies respectively sought care during those hours, with median waiting times of 20 and 27 minutes, and urgent cases are seen immediately.
The Minister noted that about one-third of these attendances were less urgent cases that could be managed by primary care doctors, and KKH is developing a community partnership network to address this.
The Ministry of Health is studying the possibility of piloting extended-hours paediatric urgent care clinics in areas with many young families, operated by primary care doctors for non-emergency cases.
Besides KKH, babies requiring emergency paediatric care can also seek treatment at the National University Hospital's Children's Emergency.

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Joan Pereira

Ms Joan Pereira asked the Minister for Health (a) how many babies sought paediatric care at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am in the past five years; (b) what is the average waiting time during these hours; and (c) whether the Government will build more 24-hour outpatient paediatric clinics to take the load off KKH.

Gan Kim Yong

In 2016 and 20171, 14,500 and 12,900 babies (those aged below one-year-old), respectively, sought paediatric care at KKH Children's Emergency (CE) from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am. The median waiting time was 20 minutes and 27 minutes respectively. Patients assessed to be urgent cases by KKH's CE triage will be attended to immediately.

Less urgent cases (or P32 cases) made up about one in three of these attendances. KKH has assessed that many of these less urgent cases can be adequately managed by primary care doctors. Hence, KKH is developing a community partnership network with primary care doctors3 to provide care to non-emergency cases. MOH is also studying the possibility of piloting extended-hours paediatric urgent care clinics in regions with many young families. These would be operated by primary care doctors, to handle non-emergency cases.

Besides KKH's CE, babies requiring emergency paediatric care can also seek treatment at the National University Hospital's (NUH) CE.

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Joan Pereira asked the Minister for Health about the number of babies seeking paediatric care at KK Women's and Children's Hospital from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am over the past five years, the average waiting time during those hours, and whether the Government will build more 24-hour outpatient paediatric clinics.
The Minister responded that in 2016 and 2017, 14,500 and 12,900 babies respectively sought care during those hours, with median waiting times of 20 and 27 minutes, and urgent cases are seen immediately.
The Minister noted that about one-third of these attendances were less urgent cases that could be managed by primary care doctors, and KKH is developing a community partnership network to address this.
The Ministry of Health is studying the possibility of piloting extended-hours paediatric urgent care clinics in areas with many young families, operated by primary care doctors for non-emergency cases.
Besides KKH, babies requiring emergency paediatric care can also seek treatment at the National University Hospital's Children's Emergency.

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Babies Seeking Paediatric Care at KK Women's and Children's Hospital from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am in Past Five Years

Debated in Parliament on 19 Mar 2018.

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Joan Pereira asked the Minister for Health about the number of babies seeking paediatric care at KK Women's and Children's Hospital from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am over the past five years, the average waiting time during those hours, and whether the Government will build more 24-hour outpatient paediatric clinics.
The Minister responded that in 2016 and 2017, 14,500 and 12,900 babies respectively sought care during those hours, with median waiting times of 20 and 27 minutes, and urgent cases are seen immediately.
The Minister noted that about one-third of these attendances were less urgent cases that could be managed by primary care doctors, and KKH is developing a community partnership network to address this.
The Ministry of Health is studying the possibility of piloting extended-hours paediatric urgent care clinics in areas with many young families, operated by primary care doctors for non-emergency cases.
Besides KKH, babies requiring emergency paediatric care can also seek treatment at the National University Hospital's Children's Emergency.

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Joan Pereira

Gan Kim Yong

Besides KKH's CE, babies requiring emergency paediatric care can also seek treatment at the National University Hospital's (NUH) CE.

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Joan Pereira asked the Minister for Health about the number of babies seeking paediatric care at KK Women's and Children's Hospital from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am over the past five years, the average waiting time during those hours, and whether the Government will build more 24-hour outpatient paediatric clinics.
The Minister responded that in 2016 and 2017, 14,500 and 12,900 babies respectively sought care during those hours, with median waiting times of 20 and 27 minutes, and urgent cases are seen immediately.
The Minister noted that about one-third of these attendances were less urgent cases that could be managed by primary care doctors, and KKH is developing a community partnership network to address this.
The Ministry of Health is studying the possibility of piloting extended-hours paediatric urgent care clinics in areas with many young families, operated by primary care doctors for non-emergency cases.
Besides KKH, babies requiring emergency paediatric care can also seek treatment at the National University Hospital's Children's Emergency.

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