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Hospital chiefs get HK$100m to plug brain drain

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The Hospital Authority is planning to spend HK$100 million to stop a brain drain of doctors and nurses.

It aims to create more senior posts and hire more trainees using extra money in this month's budget.

Nursing turnover is at 5 per cent this year, a three-year high.

The turnover of doctors is also expected to reach 5 per cent as a stream of professionals in public hospitals move to better-paid positions in the private sector.

The authority's annual budget will increase from HK$34 billion to more than HK$36 billion in the coming financial year.

To stop the outflow of staff, it intends to put more nurses in senior positions, hire 1,500 graduate nurses and 300 trainee doctors.

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