TARGET RATIO OF NURSES TO ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT HEALTHCARE WORKERS

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3199

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON OR AFTER 12 NOVEMBER 2024

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang,

MP for Nee Soon GRC

Question No. 6779

To ask the Minister for Health what is the ratio of nurses to administrative and support healthcare workers that the Ministry aims to achieve through its 2030 recruitment targets under the manpower projections for the public healthcare system.

Answer

1. The nursing support staff to nurse ratio in the public healthcare institutions have remained around 1:11 for the past ten years. It is not meaningful to compare nurses to administrative staff, as they perform separate functions. MOH will continue to work with public healthcare clusters to attract and retain healthcare workers to meet service demands.