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Philip Lee, Chairman. Tay Choon Hong, CEO [1] Parent agency. Ministry of Health. Website. www .hpb .gov .sg. The Health Promotion Board ( HPB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Health of the Government of Singapore. It was established in 2001 to act as the main driver for national health promotion and disease prevention programmes. [2]
As of 2019, Singapore had a total of 14,297 doctors in its healthcare system, giving a doctor-to-population ratio of 1:399. The nurse-to-population ratio (including midwives) was 1:133, with a total of 42,777 nurses. There were 2,475 dentists, giving a ratio of 1 dentist to 2,304 people. [13] [14]
His notable work to the society earned him a place as a Nominated Member of the Singapore's Legislative Council in 1919 and again serving as Member from 1924-1927. For his outstanding work in the Colony, Song was conferred the O.B.E. in 1927, and the K.B.E. in 1936 [6] by King George V .
The National University Hospital (NUH) is a tertiary referral hospital and academic medical centre in Singapore, located in Kent Ridge.It is a 1,160-bed tertiary hospital serving more than 670,000 outpatients and 49,000 inpatients and serves as a clinical training centre and research centre for the medical and dental faculties of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Headquarters. 16 College Road, College of Medicine Building, Singapore 169854. Motto. Championing a Healthy Nation. Employees. 1,573 (2018) [1] Annual budget. S$ 11.72 billion (2019) [1] Ministers responsible.
The member of the Cabinet heading the ministry is known as the minister, who is supported by a junior minister known as minister of state in Singapore. The administrative management of the ministry is led by a senior civil servant known as permanent secretary .
The statutory boards of the Government of Singapore are autonomous organisations that have been tasked to perform an operational function by legal statutes passed as Acts in the Parliament of Singapore. The statutes define the purpose, rights and powers of each authority. These organisations would usually subsequently report to one specific ...
The referral also led to the expansion of school-linked-services (SLS) in County schools that offer a myriad of mental health and substance use services and supports like case management, mental health screening, prevention/early intervention programming, substance use treatment, and mental health courses to meet the needs of students and families.