PLANS FOR ONBOARDING TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS TO NATIONAL ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD

NOTICE PAPER NO. 486

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 12 FEBRUARY 2026

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Cai Yinzhou

MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC

Question No. 1393

To ask the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry plans to onboard Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners to the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR); (b) if so, what is the timeline; (c) what technical and financial support will be provided to TCM clinics to upgrade their practice management systems; and (d) how will the Ministry ensure data interoperability between TCM diagnostic terminology and Western medical records within NEHR.

Answer

1        Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) service is not a licensable healthcare service under the Healthcare Services Act 2020, and under the Health Information Bill, data from TCM practitioners are not within the data types to be contributed to the National Electronic Health Record system (NEHR).