Tung Yew Cheong


Group Chief Quality Officer, National Healthcare Group (NHG); Singapore


Dr. Tung is a clinician administrator who has been practicing Family Medicine since year 2000. He has held several administrative positions in NHGP, including Heads of different polyclinics, Deputy Director of Clinical Services and Director of Quality & Patient Safety. Currently he is the Group Chief Quality Officer, National Healthcare Group. He has led, participated, and mentored numerous teams in quality improvement work, including Lean 3Ps, Value Stream Maps and Clinical Practice Improvement Programmes (CPIPs). He also serves as faculty for quality improvement and patient safety training programmes. He has completed the LEAN Black Belt Programme conducted by the Medical LEAN Institute Simpler Healthcare, Denver Health, University of Denver, Colorado in 2008 and the IHI Improvement Advisor Programme in 2023.