Jonathan Chua

SINGAPORE'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM The Ministry of Health (MOH) believes in ensuring quality and affordable basic medical services for all. Singapore’s healthcare system is designed to ensure that everyone has access to different levels of healthcare in a timely, cost-effective and seamless manner. MOH and its statutory boards are responsible for regulating Singapore’s healthcare system. All Healthcare facilities such as hospitals, medical centres, community health centres, nursing homes, clinics (including dental clinics), and clinical laboratories (including x-ray laboratories) are required to apply for licence under the Private Hospitals & Medical Clinics (PHMC) Act/Regulations.  All Healthcare facilities are also required to maintain a good standard of medical / clinical services under PHMC Act/Regulations. The Ministry continuously works to shape the future of healthcare in Singapore and actively promotes healthy living and preventive health programmes as well as high standards...

SingHealth Polyclinics Eastern region – Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) At SingHealth Polyclinics, we are  committed to working with our patients  to continually improve care. Patients who are informed about their conditions and actively engaged in their care benefit most from this partnership. We are pleased to present clinical indicators that track a range of conditions commonly managed at our Polyclinics. We hope that patients will be encouraged that many do well, and also find the accompanying information on their conditions useful. As part of a wider community of healthcare providers who are continually innovating to improve care delivery, we hope that our clinical indicators will be of interest, and welcome input from other organisations that share our passion for patient care. SingHealth Polyclinics comprises a network of nine polyclinics: Bedok Bukit Merah Eunos Marine Parade Outram Pasir Ris Punggol Sengkang Tampines read more REORGANISATION OF HEALTHCARE SYSTE...

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Advance Care Planning for Future Health Crises Advance Care Planning (ACP) and Advance Medical Directive (AMD) are two tools that you can use to indicate your preferences for medical care for future contingencies, when you are not able to make decisions for yourself. These directives guide healthcare professionals and your loved ones when making decisions on your behalf, and more importantly, it relieves loved ones of the burden of not knowing what you would have wanted. “By indicating your preferences in advance, you can ensure that you will get the medical care you desire during a future medical crisis,” says Ms Sumytra Menon, Senior Assistant Director, Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS). The ACP process consists of a series of wide-ranging discussions with loved ones you have selected and doctors and facilitated by a trained ACP facilitator on your future health and personal care preferences. At the end of the...

Healthcare in Singapore THE LASTING POWER OF ATTORNEY (LPA)​allows you to legally appoint one or individuals to make decisions on your behalf if you are mentally incapacitated A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a type of advance directive that allows you to legally appoint one or more individuals to make decisions and act on your behalf if you are mentally incapacitated. This legal document is made under the Mental Capacity Act in Singapore. Anyone who is 21 years old and above, and has the mental capacity to make an LPA, is eligible to make one. The legal term for the person who makes the LPA is a donor and the person who is appointed is known as the donee. A donor can appoint one or more donees to act in one or both of the following areas: Personal welfare and healthcare Property and affairs Your donee should be at least 21 years old and someone who you believe is trustworthy, reliable and competent to make decisions for you. “The LPA only kicks in when the donor loses capacity to ...