{"id":15296,"date":"2022-04-11T19:11:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T11:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/?p=15296"},"modified":"2022-05-14T12:16:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T04:16:44","slug":"15296","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/blog\/2022\/04\/11\/15296\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthier SG: Leveraging the workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The recent Healthier SG initiative presented at the Committee of Supply (COS) envisioned Singapore\u2019s future health system as \u201cOne person, one family doctor, one care plan\u201d by encouraging Singaporeans to enrol with a family doctor close to where they live. This national enrolment programme will be coordinated by the three local healthcare clusters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More than 70 per cent of Singapore\u2019s resident population are in the labour force and our workforce is ageing. It is therefore crucial for family doctors to recognise the role of work on the health and wellbeing of their enrollees and incorporate these within their care plans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In a commentary, the School’s Associate Professor and Director of Continuing Education and Training, <a href=\"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/faculty-directory\/ng-wee-tong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ng Wee Tong<\/a>, and senior resident Dr Licia Tan shares why capitalising on existing workplace health promotion programmes can tie in with the Healthier SG programme to improve health.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full commentary here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/meltwaternews.com\/ext\/xcago\/BT\/20220409\/The_Business_Times_7700042022040901010101029_iszWCoABZxsX1eP5PSXO.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Healthier SG: Leveraging the workplace, The Business Times, 9 April 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lead image: Pixabay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent Healthier SG initiative presented at the Committee of Supply (COS) envisioned Singapore\u2019s future health system as \u201cOne person, one family doctor, one care plan\u201d by encouraging Singaporeans to enrol with a family doctor close to where they live. This national enrolment programme will be coordinated by the three local healthcare clusters. More than 70 per cent of Singapore\u2019s resident population are in the labour force and our workforce is ageing. It is therefore crucial for family doctors to recognise the role of work on the health and wellbeing<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/blog\/2022\/04\/11\/15296\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":15297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Healthier SG: Leveraging the workplace - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sph.nus.edu.sg\/blog\/2022\/04\/11\/15296\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Healthier SG: Leveraging the workplace - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The recent Healthier SG initiative presented at the Committee of Supply (COS) envisioned Singapore\u2019s future health system as \u201cOne person, one family doctor, one care plan\u201d by encouraging Singaporeans to enrol with a family doctor close to where they live. 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