HSS 3.2.6 Revision
- Assessment
- Stalin SBQ Test (3D: Tue) & Review (3B: Thu & 3F: Fri )
- HSS Revision
- Governance in Singapore
- What are the principles of governance in Singapore?
- Integrity "Leadership is key"
- Pragmatic & Forward-looking "Anticipate change; stay relevant"
- Meritocratic "work for reward; reward for work"
- Fair & Transparent "stake for everyone; opportunities for all"
- Transport policies
- ALS: managing city traffic
- VQS: managing car ownership
- ERP: managing road usage
- Population policies
- Impact of declining birthrates
- Increased labour cost > decreased competitiveness
- Decreased defence capability
- Smaller market
- Measures to increase population
- Encouraging larger families
- Impact of Aging Population
- Higher dependency
- Increased social costs
- Decreased competitiveness
- Measures to cope with aging population
- Government support
- Family-Community help
- Individual responsibility
- Healthcare in Singapore & Britain
- Aims of healthcare in Singapore
- meet basic needs,
- cater to specialization
- promote self-reliance
- Managing healthcare in Singapore
- Improving accessibility to healthcare through individual effort
- Medisave, Medishield, Healthy Lifestyle
- Improving quality of healthcare through community support
- Community hospitals
- Support services
- Voluntary Welfare Organisations
- improving affordability through government assistance
- Government subsidies
- Medifund
- Restructured Hospitals
- Means-testing
- Managing healthcare in Britain
- increasing government spending
- Increased National Insurance Tax
- increasing NHS efficiency
- privatisation: contracting out non-essential services
- positive discrimination: children, youths & expectant mothers
- Providing quality services
- NHS Plan (2000)
- NHS Improvement Plan (2004)
