Community health posts to be enhanced to bring services closer to residents

Community health posts will offer enhanced services from 2026, starting with those in the north of Singapore where there is a higher prevalence of chronic illness, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung.

- Joyce Teo Senior Health Correspondent

He also said five more community health posts will open in Sembawang, Woodlands and Yishun in 2026, pushing the total number of these posts in the north, under NHG Health, from 34 to 39.

To help residents better manage their health and prevent diseases, the health posts will operate once a week and offer more services, such as frailty screening as well as telehealth consultations.

Most of the community health posts under NHG Health now operate on an appointment basis, with some opening once a week and others every fortnight or every month.

The plan is for all the 39 posts to operate once a week and also be able to see patients without appointments, Mr Ong said on Oct 12 at an event in Sembawang.

A community health post should be a place where residents can walk in to ask about their medication and follow up on their healthcare plan to find out when their next vaccination or health screening is, for instance, he said.