The proportion of allied healthcare professionals (AHPS) who left the public healthcare sector rose from 2018 to 2022, while the proportion who left their jobs in the community care sector in the same period fell.
The attrition rate of AHPS in the public healthcare sector increased slightly from 8.9 per cent in 2018 to 11.6 per cent in 2022. In the community care sector, the attrition rate fell from 17.7 per cent in 2018 to 11.3 per cent in 2022.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Rahayu Mahzam shared these figures in Parliament on Feb 27 in response to a parliamentary question filed by Workers' Party MP Gerald Giam (Aljunied GRC).
Healthcare professionals in the public sector work in hospitals and polyclinics, while those in the community care sector work in community hospitals, nursing homes, eldercare centres and hospices, and also visit patients in their homes.
AHPS include dieticians, occupational therapists and medical social workers.
Responding to a supplementary question by Workers' Party MP Jamus Lim (Sengkang GRC) on why there was a decline in the attrition rate in the community care sector compared with the slight increase in the public sector, Ms Rahayu said AHPs in both sectors support roles in public healthcare institutions.
But there are many factors resulting in the decline in the attrition rate in the community care sector.
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