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The new crown epidemic has entered its third year, and Singapore's medical care has begun to face new problems, the loss of medical staff...
The data shows that the turnover rate of nurses in public hospitals has increased.
The turnover rate of Singaporean nurses was 6% in 2017 and 7.4% last year.
The turnover rate of foreign nurses also increased from 8.2% in 2017 to 14.8% last year.
In this regard, the answer given by Singapore officials is -
It is mainly caused by fierce international competition.
(Figure: Source from the network)
The ratio of nurses to patients in the general and intensive care units of Singapore Public Hospitals has not changed significantly in the past five years.
In the general wards of public emergency hospitals, each nurse is responsible for caring for four to five patients; In intensive care units, each nurse takes care of one patient, and sometimes two nurses are needed to take care of a patient with a complex condition.
Nurses in Singapore, which are predominantly registered and senior registered nurses, make up the majority, and their median annual salaries have also increased over the past few years, but it appears that the loss of nurses has not been alleviated.
In particular, the number of foreign nurses is insufficient, and the turnover rate of foreign nurses reached 14.8% last year, which is twice the 7.4% turnover rate of local nurses.
That's because as the border reopens, many foreign nurses choose to return home.
(Figure: Source from the network)
In the face of fierce international competition, Singapore is working hard to make the nursing profession more attractive.
This means ensuring that nurses' salaries are competitive and reviewing their scope of work so that they have more time to focus on caring for patients. Therefore, innovative technologies were adopted to assist nurses in administrative tasks, while staff welfare committees were established to address the various issues faced by nurses, including ensuring that they had sufficient rest time.
In addition to reviewing the scope of work and administrative workload of nurses in Singapore, the demand for nursing staff will continue to increase as the population ages...
These issues are on Singapore's desk and need to be resolved as soon as possible...
After all, aging will not stop, and the epidemic will not stop...
(Figure: Source from the network)