
Mr Peter Lee
Director, Regional Health System Operation and Admin (SE), SingHealth Services & Director, Community Integration, Singapore General Hospital
Peter joined SingHealth Services as Director, Regional Health System Operation on 1 November 2023 and took on the concurrent appointment as Director, Community Integration, Division of Population Health & Integrated Care in Singapore General Hospital on 1 May 2024. He oversees the operationalisation of the SingHealth Healthier SG teams which comprise Community Nurses and Well Being Coordinator across seven Communities of Care in the SouthEast region to support the national Healthier SG movement. At SGH, he is responsible for developing, engaging, building and strengthening relationships and partnership with social agencies, community partners and grassroots leaders to better integrate health-social service deliveries not only for the population of 80,000 seniors but also the population of 224,000 residents in SouthEast region as its regional health manager to promote preventive care and help the population to live well and age well.
Prior to his secondment from MOH to SingHealth, he was the Executive Secretary at the Singapore Dental Council and Singapore Medical Council which collectively regulate more than 18,000 registered dental and medical professionals. A veteran civil servant, he had held various appointments in the Ministry of Health.
He was accorded three National Day and Public Service Awards for his exemplary contributions in 2003, 2010 and 2018. He served as a Deputy Registrar of Marriages with the Registry of Marriages from 2008-2014. Peter is still actively involved in community service and Chairs the School Advisory Committee in a primary school. He is also a volunteer Career Advisor with Workforce SG since July 2022.
Our Ageing Population: Transforming Societal Structures (3.45pm)
As Singapore continues to age, it becomes increasingly imperative to examine and adapt our societal structures to better serve the needs of our senior citizens. Apart from providing economic, emotional and psychological support to this growing demographic, how can we also tap on seniors as an invaluable resource that can enrich and expand our development as a society?