Polyclinic HSG capacity

NOTICE PAPER NO. 2544 
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON OR AFTER 07 FEBRUARY 2024

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song
MP for Aljunied GRC

Question No. 5714

To ask the Minister for Health (a) what is the average enrolment capacity for Healthier SG in each polyclinic (b) how many polyclinics have reached their capacity and are no longer accepting Healthier SG enrolments; (c) whether the Ministry is looking to open up more places in polyclinics for residents to enrol in Healthier SG.

Answer

     Mr Speaker, the Healthier SG enrolment capacity of each polyclinic is different, depending on their sizes and existing workload. The average enrolment capacity is close to 30,000 per polyclinic. Of the 25 polyclinics, 19 polyclinics still have spare capacity to take in more enrolees, while six are reserving their capacities for their regular chronic patients to enrol before deciding if they could take in non-regular or new residents.

2     Residents are encouraged to also consider enrolling with other Healthier SG private GP clinics. A key design feature of Healthier SG is to extend the benefits of fully subsidised preventative check-ins, health screening and vaccinations and chronic drug subsidies to private clinics. There is currently a capacity at the Healthier SG GP clinics to enrol more than 700,000 residents.