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Hong Kong public hospital waiting times could be slashed after pilot scheme giving nurses more power to make decisions is successful

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Waiting times at Hong Kong’s public hospitals could be slashed and cancer patients diagnosed weeks earlier after the trial of a new nursing scheme, officials have said.In some cases, waiting times were cut by more than 30 per cent, the Hospital Authority has revealed.The pilot scheme created 24 integrated nurse clinics at various public hospitals over the past 18 months. It gave nurses the power to make decisions, such as advancing medical appointments based on a patient’s condition, or when an…

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