HA staff commended for outstanding performance (with photo)
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The Hospital Authority (HA) today (May 28) announced the results of the HA Outstanding Staff and Teams Award and Young Achievers Award for 2025. This year, seven outstanding staff, six outstanding teams and 14 young achievers (the list of awardees is appended) from 13 hospitals in all seven clusters and the Head Office have been awarded for their outstanding performances, provision of quality service, enhancing team spirit and improving the overall operational effectiveness of the organisation. The awardees are from different grades, including medical, nursing, allied health, administration and supporting staff groups.
Since 1993, the HA has been organising this staff reward and recognition programme annually to commend outstanding staff members and teams. To encourage the young generation, the HA added a new category, the Young Achievers Award, since 2018 to recognise the good performance of the new workforce generation.
The Outstanding Staff and Teams and Young Achievers Award Selection Panel was chaired by HA Board Member Ms Margaret Cheng, who noted that the awardees contributed to patient services or the development of the HA in different aspects. They demonstrated professionalism, dedication and perseverance in protecting the health of citizens across various areas, while fully embracing the HA's core values of "People-centred Care, Professional Service, Committed Staff and Teamwork". Their contributions are truly commendable, she said.
Other members of the Selection Panel included HA Board ex-Member Professor Chan Wai-yee; awardee of the HA Outstanding Staff Award 2024, Dr Axel Siu; the HA Chief Executive, Dr Tony Ko; the Hong Kong West Cluster Chief Executive, Dr Theresa Li; and the Head of Human Resources, Mr David Mak.
The awards received an overwhelming number of nominations this year, with a total of 94 submissions received. Contributions of participants to the following core values of the HA were adopted as the selection criteria for the Outstanding Staff and Teams by the Selection Panel:
- People-centred Care
- Professional Service
- Committed Staff
- Teamwork
As for the Young Achievers Award, awardees were able to demonstrate HA core values, possess the attributes of being an advocate for his/her profession and could always energise the team, think out of the box and be a good communicator.
Ends/Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Issued at HKT 17:00
Issued at HKT 17:00
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