STATISTICS OF PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM IMH DUE TO FAILURE TO ATTEND APPOINTMENTS

10 January 2024

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NOTICE PAPER NO. 2446
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON OR AFTER 10 JANUARY 2024

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang
MP for Nee Soon GRC

Question No. 5280

To ask the Minister for Health for each year in the past five years, how many patients fail to attend appointments at the IMH and are eventually discharged because they fail to attend the appointments.

Answer

1 The Institute of Mental Health does not discharge patients who fail to attend appointments. Patients who default on follow-up appointments will be called by a case manager and encouraged to return for follow-up. Should the patient decline, a home visit may be conducted based on a risk assessment of the patient’s condition.