The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority (HA) today (May 17) announced and presented the Outstanding Staff and Teams Award for 2017. This year, five staff members and seven healthcare teams (list of awardees is appended) were awarded for their outstanding performance, provision of quality patient-centered care, enhancing team spirit and improving the overall operational effectiveness of the organisation.
 
     Since 1993, the HA has been organising this corporate-wide staff reward and recognition programme annually to commend outstanding staff members and teams. This is the 24th year of the award programme.
 
     Commending the awarded staff and teams the HA Chairman, Professor John Leong, said, "Each nominee contributed to patient services or the development of the HA in different respects. They fully embraced the core values of the HA, which are 'people-centered care, professional service, committed staff and team work'."
 
     The 2017 Outstanding Staff and Team Award Selection Panel was chaired by Mr William Chan, who is a HA Board Member and Chairman of the Human Resources Committee. Mr Chan also addressed the ceremony. He said, "The winners are not only outstanding performers in their professions, but also willing to walk an extra mile to reach out to patients, colleagues and hospitals. They deserve reward for their selfless contributions."
 
     Other members of the Selection Panel included another Board Member, Mr Charlie Yip; the HA Chief Executive, Dr Leung Pak-yin; the HA Head of Human Resources, Dr Theresa Li; the Cluster Chief Executive of the Hong Kong West Cluster, Dr Luk Che-chung; and 2016 Outstanding Staff Award winner, Dr Andy Chan, currently Senior Physiotherapist (Physiotherapy) at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
 
     Nominations for the Award this year were overwhelming. A total of 51 submissions from various divisions of hospitals and the Head Office were received. The contribution of participants to the following core values of the HA was adopted as selection criteria by the selection panel:
 
a. People-centered care
b. Professional Service
c. Committed Staff
d. Team work

Ends/Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Issued at HKT 19:20

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