Proportion of Ministry of Health’s Budget Allocated for Public Acute Hospitals

3 Assoc Prof Walter Theseira asked the Minister for Health (a) in the latest financial year available, what proportion of the Ministry's budget has been allocated to the public acute hospitals; (b) what is the breakdown of such expenditure by the public acute hospitals between capital spending and recurrent operating costs; and (c) what have the trends been over the last five years preceding the latest financial year available.

Mr Gan Kim Yong: Over the last five years, MOH's total expenditure has increased from $4.7 billion in FY12 to $10.2 billion in FY17. As a proportion of overall MOH's budget, funding to the public acute hospitals decreased from 77% to 66% over the same period, as we have spent significantly more in preventive health, primary care and intermediate and long-term care. The allocation to capital spending and operating cost is about 15% and 85% respectively.