Enhancing Healthcare Services
Advance Primary Healthcare Development
247. The Government will deepen development of primary healthcare in the community by launching the Primary Healthcare Co‑care Network, which will extend screening to include hepatitis B and other diseases, strengthen cross‑disciplinary collaboration, and improve support services such as medical laboratory testing and diagnostic radiology. The target participation for the first five years is around 700 000 persons. The Government will also implement the community drug formulary and launch the community pharmacy programme in the second half of this year, bringing more convenience to the public.
248. The Elderly Health Care Voucher Pilot Reward Scheme will be extended by two years until end‑2028. Elderly persons who have accumulated voucher spending of $1,000 or above within the same year on specific primary healthcare services such as examination and chronic disease management will have a $500 voucher reward. The measure will involve an additional expenditure of about $1 billion.
Deliver Public Healthcare Services
249. The 16 projects under the First Hospital Development Plan will be completed progressively. Taking into account the latest demographic structure and distribution, we are reviewing the scale and priority of projects under the Second Hospital Development Plan. We will make an announcement in due course and take forward the projects in an orderly manner.
Enhance Private Healthcare Services
250. To enhance the price transparency of private healthcare services such that members of the public can gain a more comprehensive understanding of price information before making medical decisions, the Government will introduce the relevant regulation to the LegCo this year.
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