Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
The Health Bureau (HHB) today (February 6) submitted a paper to the Panel on Health Services of the Legislative Council (LegCo) on the legislative amendment proposals to the Medical Registration Ordinance (MRO) (Cap. 161) formulated to support the reform of the Medical Council of Hong Kong (MCHK), with a view to ensuring that the MCHK can continue to uphold medical professional standards and discharge its statutory functions, as well as strengthening the support provided by the Department of Health (DH) and the Secretariat of the MCHK to the work of the MCHK, including relevant supporting measures to enhance the MCHK’s handling of complaints concerning doctors’ professional conduct.
The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, said, “The Government expects the reform of the MCHK’s system will bring about enhanced medical professional standards, safeguards to the health of citizens and consolidation of the mutual trust between doctors and patients, supporting Hong Kong’s development into an international health and medical innovation hub. I am grateful to various stakeholders, including the MCHK, professional bodies, patient groups and other relevant stakeholders, for offering valuable views over the past few weeks. The Government will make every effort to take forward the work of amending the MRO, with a view to introducing an amendment bill into the LegCo in the first half of this year, and to implement the related reform measures progressively.”