Government to shell out $50m funds for healthcare institutions

Professionals trained abroad will also be tapped.

Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong said on Tuesday that the government will continue to invest in the training of its healthcare professionals. In addition to classroom training within educational institutions, healthcare professionals also undergo supervised training in the public healthcare institutions.

MOH will provide an additional $50 million to our institutions in FY2013, to enhance their capacity to deliver good quality clinical training, in view of the increasing number of students.

He also noted that the government is on track to growing its professional workforce to meet the healthcare needs of Singapore's population, as outlined in Healthcare 2020. He said that priority continues to be to grow local healthcare manpower supply.

" Beyond our local training pipelines, we will continue to supplement our healthcare workforce with overseas-trained professionals, especially overseas Singaporeans.

The pre-employment grant for Singaporean medical and dental students studying overseas has proven to be successful, with 189 grants given out since 2010," he added.

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