Family doctors will play a key role as the nation shifts away from the traditional focus on illness-based hospital care to a more sustainable way of patient-centred preventive care that will focus on keeping people healthy and out of hospital as much as possible.

Describing this as a "major healthcare reform initiative" called the Healthier SG strategy, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said it is important to move now.

In The Straits Times' The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Senior health correspondent Joyce Teo to find out more about the initiative.

Family doctors will play a key role as the nation shifts away from the traditional focus on illness-based hospital care to a more sustainable way of patient-centred preventive care that will focus on keeping people healthy and out of hospital as much as possible.
Describing this as a "major healthcare reform initiative" called the Healthier SG strategy, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said it is important to move now.
In The Straits Times' The Big Story, Multimedia journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke to Senior health correspondent Joyce Teo to find out more about the initiative.

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Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong is your 4–8pm drive companion, guiding you through the day’s biggest headlines, trending conversations and the issues shaping Singapore and the world.

From news and current affairs to lifestyle insights and generational perspectives, the show helps you make sense of what’s happening — with clarity, context and a touch of personality.

Whether you’re catching up after a long day or tuning in on the move, Your Way Home keeps you informed, engaged and connected — all the way home.

And she closes the day with a song that says it all.

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong is your 4&ndash;8pm drive companion, guiding you through the day&rsquo;s biggest headlines, trending conversations and the issues shaping Singapore and the world.
From news and current affairs to lifestyle insights and generational perspectives, the show helps you make sense of what&rsquo;s happening &mdash; with clarity, context and a touch of personality.
Whether you&rsquo;re catching up after a long day or tuning in on the move, Your Way Home keeps you informed, engaged and connected &mdash; all the way home.
And she closes the day with a song that says it all.