Increased Hiring of Administrative and Support Healthcare Employees

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Health with regard to the recent announcement that the hiring target of 4,000 new nurses will be exceeded by end-2023, whether there will be a corresponding increase in the hiring of administrative and support healthcare employees.

Employees working in administrative and support roles form an essential part of our healthcare workforce. As shared during the debate on the Healthier SG White Paper in Parliament in October last year, we will need to grow the number of nurses, allied health professionals and support care staff to 82,000 by 2030 to meet Singapore’s growing healthcare needs. Alongside the increase in nurses, there has also been a corresponding increase in the hiring of administrative and support staff by our public healthcare clusters, with over 3,000 such hires in the first half of this year.

The Ministry of Health will continue to work with the public healthcare clusters to build the capacity and capabilities of administrative and support staff, to better attract and retain them.