Public Health Service

Since 2004, the Public Health Service (PHS) has been a preventive arm of the NUS Medical Society. Every year, PHS organises its flagship health screening event. Due to evolving health needs, PHS has expanded to include health education and follow-up initiatives.

PHS’ vision is to be a first class student-led health service. In alignment with this aspiration, PHS has three organisational aims: 1.To raise public health awareness and inculcate a sense of personal responsibility for one’s own health. 2.To form an effective bridge to integrate of individuals into the local healthcare system. 3.To provide an avenue for YLLSoM students and alumni to collaborate and serve the needs of the community.

PHS strives to achieve these aims in accordance with our motto "Promoting Health, Spreading Awareness" by firstly, reinforcing positive health behaviour using a population-based approach, and secondly, spreading awareness of the need and means to look after one's own health via health education.

Neighbourhood Health Service (NHS)

Neighbourhood Health Service (NHS) is a local community service project organised by Medicine, Nursing and Social Work students of NUS. Inaugurated in 2008, NHS aims to identify residents-in-need, especially the elderly and lower-income households, and act as a bridge to reconnect them back to the healthcare system. NHS seeks to reduce the number of residents who:

(i) Suffer from illness but have not been diagnosed yet

(ii) Have previously been diagnosed with illness, but are not receiving medical treatment due to various barriers to healthcare

NHS conducts free health screenings over one weekend to flag out latent conditions. We target the rental block population and conduct both centralised and door-to-door screenings. Subsequently, we conduct follow-up with selected residents every 3-4 months via phone calls and house visits to ensure that they actively seek treatment.

To date, we have screened residents in Taman Jurong, Marine Terrace, Bukit Merah, Eunos Crescent and MacPherson.

Working Without Walls

Working Without Walls (WWW) is a student-run project by students from NUS Medicine aiming to reach out to migrant workers in Singapore. Through WWW, we hope to create sustainable and impactful change in the migrant worker community in the areas of - prevention, curing and management of diseases, and increasing access to health and healthcare. This is achieved through interactive events, follow-up with migrant workers who require further treatment and health assistance, and empowerment of migrant workers to help one another in the long run.

Caritas Cares

Caritas Cares is a healthcare initiative for the adult autism community. We provide free annual health services for adults with autism at Eden Centre and health awareness education for their caregivers. Guided by the needs of this exceptional community, Caritas Cares aims to provide exceptional healthcare for the early detection and prevention of chronic diseases, to improve the health and wellbeing of the community we serve.

Project iRemember

Project iRemember aims to provide free physical and cognitive health screening for the elderly population in Singapore. Through the cognitive screenings, we hope to identify patients at risk or suspected of cognitive impairment, and refer them to appropriate follow-up services for intervention as well as to invite them to the activities we organise to keep them actively involved in their communities. Additionally, we aim to raise awareness and rectify common public misconceptions on dementia. Hence, we hope to encourage the public to participate in early screening and highlight the healthcare resources available. This project was first started in September 2014, when we held our first pilot screening at Taman Jurong, and subsequently we held screenings in Woodlands and Chong Pang. Currently, we have 2 screenings each year at different locations and we also hold pre-event forums with speakers from our partner organisations to give talks on dementia to the public.