Children’s Cancer
Foundation
Establishedin 1990
Serves 250 new cancer
child patients (family)
each year
Runs a head office, a
family centre, a respite
centre, a hostel,
provides children
cancer service in 5
public hospitals
Revenue reaches 20mil+
Receives donation 1mil+
each month
Spends about 1mil+
each month
Never conducts direct
fundraising activities
Has started advocated
a Children Hospital since
2005
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Children’s Specialist
Hospital
June2005 - A proposal on a Children’s
Specialist Hospital in HK
December 2005 – Children’s Specialist
Hospital stakeholder survey summary report
(during which many groups were met, liaised,
lobbied, engaged)
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Situation in 2005
150,000 admissions
24% (36,000) need specialised treatment
Roughly 23,000 children with serious diseases
like cancer, blood diseases, congenital
anomalies, complex syndromes
Current services are split over 13 sites which
were not designed with children in mind
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Proposal
World-class publicand private partnering and
research institute that meets the future needs
of children with serious illnesses
High-quality specialised services to public
patients within current expenditures
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350 beds
Child and family friendly environment
Public/private professional working arrangement
Location
Research and training
Independent foundation
Costs and funding
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Challenges in
communication
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• Fourmillion population needs
one CSH
• Present service: fragmented,
not tailor made
• Impact of better health
programmes to prevent
diseases
• Development and
application of technologies
• Changing disease patterns in
children
• Shrinking child population
• Shift to same day,
ambulatory and home care
• Enhancement in the
transport and
communication networks
• Opposition from medical
profession
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2005 –2007 Stakeholders engagement campaign
Stakeholders: Exco, Legco, government officials,
public listed companies chairmen, medical
profession: public and private, NGOs, parents, child
patients
2007 Policy address
2018 Opening
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