Government-subsidised Chinese Medicine Outpatient Services

• Background
  • The Government has announced in the 2018 Policy Address that Chinese Medicine (CM) would be incorporated into the healthcare system in Hong Kong and a development framework would be implemented with increased resources to develop CM services including Government-subsidised CM outpatient services provided by the 18 Chinese Medicine Clinics cum Training and Research Centres (CMCTRs) at district level.
    
    Following the direction of 2022 Policy Address, the 18 CMCTRs have increased the annual quota of Government-subsidised CM outpatient services from around 600 000 to 800 000 since 2023 to response to the public demand and to benefit more people.
• Target Patients
  • Eligible Hong Kong Residents include the following categories:
    
    

    (a) holders of Hong Kong Identity Card issued under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Chapter 177), except those who obtained their Hong Kong Identity Card by virtue of a previous permission to land or remain in Hong Kong granted to them and such permission has expired or ceased to be valid;
    (b) children who are Hong Kong residents and under 11 years of age.
    (c) other persons approved by the Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority.

    
    Persons who are not Eligible Persons are classified as Non-eligible Persons.

    
• Scope of Service
  

  General Consultation

  (including consultation fee and a maximum of 5 doses of CM products based on clinical needs)

  

  Acupuncture

  

  Bone-setting/Tui-na

  (at some of the clinics)

• Fees & Charges
  • $120 per attendance for Eligible Persons
  • All patients must provide valid original identity documents for eligibility checking of Eligible Hong Kong Residents
  • Recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) / Old Age Living Allowance (OALA) (Aged 75 or above), as required by the Social Welfare Department, shall present the following upon each registration:
  
  - Valid original identity documents
  - The identity document number which was used for relevant social welfare*
  
  Once the waiver eligibility is verified by the CMCTR through online system, the service fee will immediately be waived
  
  *Examples include Hong Kong Identity Card, Hong Kong Birth Certificate, Certificate of Exemption, Hong Kong Entry Permit, One-way Permit, passport or birth certificate issued by another country, etc.
   
  
• Appointment Booking

  • Patients	Booking Period	Booking Method
    Episodic disease patients (e.g. cold, etc.)	Same day or Next working day	Phone booking or via "18 CM Clinics" mobile application* (Chinese and English only)
    Follow up patients	Within 30 days of consultation (Recommended by Chinese Medicine Practitioner)	Confirm at registration counter

  1. Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment time for registration procedures.
  2. Patients who are late for 30 minutes or more from their scheduled appointment time will need to make a new appointment.
  3. In view of optimising the use of healthcare resources, patients who are unable to attend the scheduled appointment, please notify the clinic concerned as soon as possible. The cancelled time slot will be made available to other persons in need.
  • • Patients who made the appointment through mobile application, you have to cancel the booking at least one hour before your scheduled appointment time.
  • • For others, please call the clinic concerned for cancellation.
  * Applicable to patients who have registered for 18 CMCTRs service before. For more information on "18 CM Clinics" mobile app, please visit"18 CM Clinics" Mobile App webpage.
• Addresses and Booking Numbers of 18 CMCTRs
  Hong Kong Island Kowloon New Territories

  Central & Western District

  1/F, Hawkins Wing and Yeo Wing, Tung Wah Hospital, 12 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

  2589 4700

  Monday to Friday:
  09:00 - 13:00,14:00 - 18:00
  Saturday:
  09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Eastern District

  Lower 4th Floor, West Wing, Specialist Out-patient Block, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, 3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong

  3197 2000

  Monday to Friday:
  09:00 - 13:00,14:00 - 18:00
  Saturday:
  09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Southern District*

  2/F, Aberdeen Jockey Club Clinic, 10 Aberdeen Reservoir Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong

  2580 8158

  Monday to Friday:
  09:00 - 20:00
  Saturday:
  09:00 - 17:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Wan Chai District*

  2/F, Tang Shiu Kin Hospital Community Ambulatory Care Centre, 282 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

  3553 3238

  Monday to Friday:
  09:00 - 20:00
  Saturday:
  09:00 - 17:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Kowloon City District*

  Unit 401-412, Po Man House, Oi Man Estate, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon

  2193 7000

  Monday to Friday:
  09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 19:00
  Saturday:
  09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Yau Tsim Mong District*

  9/F, Block R, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Jordan, Kowloon

  2618 7200

  Monday to Friday:
  09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 19:00
  Saturday:
  09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Sham Shui Po District

  1/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon

  2194 9911

  Monday to Friday:
  09:00 - 19:00
  Saturday:
  09:00 - 17:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Wong Tai Sin District

  G/F & M/F, Block C, Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital, 10 Heng Lam Street, Lok Fu, Kowloon

  2338 3103

  Monday to Saturday:
  09:00 - 19:30
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Kwun Tong District*

  4/F, Ngau Tau Kok Jockey Club Clinic, 60 Ting On Street, Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon

  3583 4114 (Government-subsidised Services)/ 3107 4113 (General Enquiry)

  Monday to Saturday:
  08:15 - 18:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Tai Po District*

  G/F, Block J, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, 11 Chuen On Road, Tai Po, New Territories

  2663 0004

  Monday to Saturday:
  08:30 - 18:30
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Yuen Long District*

  3/F, Madam Yung Fung Shee Health Centre, 26 Sai Ching Street, Yuen Long, New Territories

  2478 5769

  Monday to Saturday:
  09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 19:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Tuen Mun District*

  5/F, Yan Oi Polyclinic, 6 Tuen Lee Street, Tuen Mun, New Territories

  2430 1309

  Monday to Saturday:
  08:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 18:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  North District*

  7/F, Fanling Health Centre, 2 Pik Fung Road, Fanling, New Territories

  2670 2130

  Monday to Saturday:
  08:30 - 17:30
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Sha Tin District*

  G/F, Sha Tin (Tai Wai) Clinic, 2 Man Lai Road, Tai Wai, Sha Tin, New Territories

  2479 2126

  Monday to Saturday:
  08:30 -13:00, 14:00 - 18:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Sai Kung District*

  6/F, Ambulatory Care Block, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, No 2 Po Ning Lane, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories

  2701 1020

  Monday to Friday:
  08:30 - 19:30
  Saturday:
  08:30 -17:30
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Tsuen Wan District

  4/F, Block C, Yan Chai Hospital, 7-11 Yan Chai Street, Tsuen Wan, New Territories

  2416 0303

  Monday to Friday:
  09:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 19:00
  Saturday:
  09:00 -13:00, 14:00 - 17:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Kwai Tsing District

  G/F, Ha Kwai Chung Polyclinic & Special Education Services Centre, 77 Lai Cho Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories

  2370 2216

  Monday to Friday:
  09:00 - 19:00
  Saturday:
  09:00 - 17:00
  Sunday and Public Holidays:
  closed

  Islands District*

  1/F, Block 2, Tung Chung Health Centre, No. 6 Fu Tung Street, Tung Chung, Lantau Island, New Territories

  3188 5383

  Monday to Sunday:
  08:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 18:00
  Public Holidays:
  closed

  • *Provide Bone-Setting/Tui-na Service
• Promotion
• Remark
  • The CMCTRs provide services in Cantonese, English and Putonghua only. Patients who require interpretation services should arrange their own interpreters to accompany them for the consultation.