Boards and Committees

Primary Healthcare Committee

A. Terms of Reference
To assist the Primary Healthcare Commission (the Commission) in effectively performing its functions and exercising its powers in primary healthcare services development, Primary Healthcare Committee would deliberate on the following–

1. Executive
   Consider key matters and overall policies and directions on long-term strategy and planning, risk management, corporate governance, and facilitate the Commission in discharging its responsibilities in this regard;
   
   
2. Service Development
   Advise and make recommendations on the overall policies, directions, priorities and strategies relating to the provision, planning and development of the primary healthcare related services, having regard to the availability of technology, staff and other resources and the need to develop a district-based, family-centric community healthcare system;
   
   
3. Resource Management
   Advise and make recommendations on the modes of resource allocation for development of primary healthcare services;
   
   
4. Performance Monitoring and Quality Assurance
   Advise and make recommendations on the performance monitoring of the primary healthcare services and the establishment of quality assurance mechanisms; and
   
   
5. Human Resources
   Advise, review and make recommendations on policies and issues related to primary healthcare staff training and development matters.

B. Membership

Chairman :	Commissioner for Primary Healthcare
Non-official Members :	Dr David Chao Vai-kiong Dr Kam Pok-man, BBS Dr the Hon Lam Ching-choi, SBS, JP Dr Lam Wing-wo Mr Lawrence Lee Kam-hung, BBS, JP Professor Gabriel Matthew Leung, GBS, JP Dr Sigmund Leung Sai-man, BBS, JP Ms Ellen Li Ka-yan Dr Donald Li Kwok-tung, GBS, JP Dr Alexander Ng Man-tat Professor Marco Pang Yiu-chung Professor Agnes Tiwari Fung-yee Dr Tse Sut-yee Professor Ian Wong Chi-kei Professor Samuel Wong Yeung-shan
Ex-officio members :	Deputy Secretary for Health (or representative) Deputy Director of Health (or representative) Deputy Secretary for Labour and Welfare/Deputy Director of Social Welfare (or representative) Deputy Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs (or representative) Deputy Director of Home Affairs (or representative) Director (Strategy and Planning), Hospital Authority (or representative) Chief Manager (Nursing), Hospital Authority (or representative)
Secretary :	Head of Corporate Services (Primary Healthcare Commission)

C. Enquiry

Address :	Primary Healthcare Committee Secretariat 11/F, THE HUB, 23 Yip Kan Street, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Email :	phc_committee@healthbureau.gov.hk