Target Ratio of Nurses to Administrative and Support Healthcare Workers

30 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked 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.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: The nursing support staff to nurse ratio in the public healthcare institutions have remained around 1:11 for the past 10 years. It is not meaningful to compare nurses to administrative staff, as they perform separate functions.

The Ministry of Health will continue to work with public healthcare clusters to attract and retain healthcare workers to meet service demands.