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2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
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| Number of Registered Healthcare
Professionals①(persons) |
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| Doctors |
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| Western Medicine Practitioners |
10130 |
10412 |
10731 |
11016 |
11242 |
| Chinese Medicine Practitioners② |
- |
- |
2385 |
4738 |
4986 |
| Dentists |
1826 |
1855 |
1907 |
1848* |
1896 |
| Pharmacists |
1315 |
1362 |
1414 |
1457 |
1517 |
| Nurses |
40388 |
42032 |
43383 |
43782 |
44402 |
| Western Medicine Practitioners per
Thousand Population |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6^ |
| Number of Medical Institutions and
Hospital Beds |
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| Medical
Institutions (number) |
102 |
99 |
98 |
97 |
98 |
| Hospital
Beds (beds) |
35100 |
34852 |
35159 |
35526 |
34400 |
| Beds per Thousand Population |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.0^ |
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Notes: Figures are
as at end of the year.
①Statistics on the
registered medical personnel are maintained by the Medical Council for
western
medicine practitioners, Chinese Medical
Council for Chinese medicine practitioners, Dental Council for
dentists, Pharmacy and Poisons Board
for pharmacists, and Nursing Council
for nurses.Annual renewal of practising certificate is required for
western medicine practitioners, dentists and pharmacists,
Chinese medicine
practitioners are required to renew the practising certificates each
three years. Figures for western medicine
practitioners/dentists refer to
the western medicine practitioners/dentists with full registration on
both the local and overseas lists.
Figures for nurses refer to both
registered
nurses and enrolled nurses.
②Figures are available
since 2002. They do not include listed Chinese medicine practitioners who
can
practise lawfully in Hong Kong under
the transitional arrangements for registration of Chinese medicine
practitioners until a date to be
announced by the Secretary for Health,
Food and Welfare in the Gazette. Listed Chinese medicine practitioners
may apply for registration
under the requirements of transitional
arrangements.
^ Provisional figure.
*In accordance with Section 15(3) of the Dentists Registered
Ordinance, Cap. 156 Laws of Hong Kong,
154 names of registered dentists were
removed from the register in 2003. Offsetting by 95 new dentists
registered in 2003, there was
a net decrease of 59 dentists in that year.
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