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24-52 Conditions of Public Health |
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Item |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Number of Registered Healthcare
Professionals¢Ù(persons) |
Doctors |
10412 |
10731 |
11016 |
11242 |
11505 |
Chinese
Medicine Practitioners¢Ú |
- |
2385 |
4738 |
4986 |
5133 |
Dentists¢Û |
1855 |
1907 |
1848 |
1896 |
1941 |
Pharmacists |
1362 |
1414 |
1457 |
1517 |
1583 |
Nurses¢Ü |
42032 |
43383 |
43782 |
44402 |
35465 |
Doctors per Thousand Population |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.7@ |
Number of Medical Institutions and
Hospital Beds |
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Medical
Institutions (number) |
99 |
98 |
97 |
98 |
99 |
Hospital
Beds (beds) |
34852 |
35159 |
35526 |
34400 |
34119 |
Beds per Thousand Population |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.0 |
4.9@ |
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| Notes: Figures are as at end
of the year. |
Statistics on the
registered healthcare professionals are maintained by the Medical Council for
Doctors, Chinese Medical Council of Hong Kong 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 only for doctors, dentists and pharmacists. Chinese medicine practitioners and nurses are required to renew the practising
certificates every three years. Figures for doctors/dentists refer to the doctors/dentists with full registration on both the local and overseas lists. Figures for
nurses refer to registered nurses and enrolled nurses. |
Figures have been
made 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, Welfare and Food in
the Gazette. Listed
Chinese medicine practitioners
may apply for registration under the requirements of transitional arrangements. |
¢Û In accordance with
Section 15(3) of the Dentists Registration Ordinance, Cap. 156 Laws of Hong
Kong, the names of 154 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. |
The number of nurses
had dropped in 2005 due to the removal of names of more than 9000 nurses from
the register/roll in accordance with
Section7(3)(e) and Section 13(3)(e) of the Nurses
Registration Ordinance (Cap. 164). "@" Figures are
subject to revision later on. |
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