Some 16,000 public healthcare administrative, ancillary and support staff are set to see a salary increase of between 4 to 10% in their base pay starting this month after a review by the Ministry of Health and healthcare clusters.
The announcement was made at the launch of the Healthcare Cluster Tripartite Workgroup at the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital on 14 September 2012. The workgroup comprises tripartite partners Ministry of Health (MOH), NTUC’s healthcare cluster of unions and six other public healthcare clusters.
In its drive towards progressive wage through a Progressive Wage Model, the Tripartite Workgroup has also set its sight on helping at least 2,000 Healthcare workers in healthcare support, admin and ancillary jobs who currently earn $1,700 and below to increase their base salaries between 10 to 20% from 2012 to end 2014.
Three main groups of Healthcare support staff will form the focus of the Tripartite Workgroup, namely Health Attendants (HA), Healthcare Assistants (HCA) and Patient Service Associates (PSA).
In addition to raising productivity and wages, the Healthcare Cluster will work towards strengthening the Singaporean Core in the healthcare sector.
“Through these efforts, we hope to improve the skill levels, career prospects and wages of our healthcare workers as we work towards our shared goal of improving the quality, affordability and accessibility of our healthcare system for Singaporeans,” said Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong.
He was joined by NTUC Secretary-General Lim Swee Say and Healthcare Cluster Tripartite Workgroup Co-chairperson and NTUC Healthcare Cluster Lead Patrick Tay at the launch today.
