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Council and Committee Reports

院務委員會及其他委員會報告

Council and Committee Reports

院務委員會及其他委員會報告

Council 院務委員會

The Council comprises 26 members, including 6 Officers, 15 Ex 院務委員會由廿六名委員組成，其中包
Officio Members (President of each Academy College) and 5 括六名幹事、十五名當然委員（各分科學
elected Council Members. The work and recommendations from 院院長）以及五名選任委員。院務委員會
various committees were reported to Council for endorsement. 處理並通過轄下各委員會提交的工作報
Special items that concern the medical and dental profession as 告及建議，並就不同醫療政策事宜及公
well as the health of the community were also brought to Council 眾健康議題進行討論。
for deliberation or advice during the past year.

Number of Council meetings held: 12 院務委員會會議次數： 12
(09/2022-08/2023) (09/2022-08/2023)

The Council also made submissions to the Government in 院務委員會亦不時就香港特區政府倡議
response to the healthcare policies or public health concerns. 的醫療衞生政策及╱或涉及公共衞生項
Views from respective Academy Colleges were sought and scope 目聽取分科學院的意見，並提出可予改
for enhancement were identified. Officials of the Government 善的範疇。相關官員和組織╱機構代表
and representatives of organisations and institutions were invited 亦會獲邀出席會議，向委員闡釋指定議
to meet the Council, mainly to provide background information or 程項目的相關資訊。
share details with members concerning specific agenda items.

Exchange of Views on Government’s Proposed 就政府提出的條例草案修訂交流
Legislative Amendments 意見

In September 2022, the Secretary for Health and representatives 在2022年9月，醫務衞生局局長及代表獲
from the Health Bureau were invited to meet Council members 邀與院務委員會委員會面，就政府提出
to update the latest progress of the legislative exercise to 修訂《輔助醫療業條例》（第359章）的最新
amend the Supplementary Medical Professions Ordinance 動態交流意見。委員在會上表達意見，提
(Cap. 359). Members expressed various concerns about the 出對容許物理治療師和職業治療師在無
proposed legislative amendments to enable the public to receive 須醫生轉介的情況下直接為病人提供服
healthcare professional services (physiotherapy and occupational 務，以及容許中醫師可轉介病人予放射
therapy) directly without requiring doctors’ referrals, as well as 技師和醫務化驗師進行診斷成像檢測及
to empower Chinese Medicine Practitioners (CMPs) to directly 化驗檢查的憂慮。
request diagnostic imaging and laboratory tests for patients.

The Academy implemented public education programme 醫專推行公眾教育活動，與香港理工大
and co-organised a joint symposium with Department of 學康復治療科學系合辦「探討多元化醫療
Rehabilitation Sciences of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University 服務的安全性與有效性」座談會。
on safe and effective access to multidisciplinary services.

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