23-53 Conditions of Public Health
Item	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of Registered Healthcare Professionals①(person)
Doctors	11505	11739	11961	12215	12424
Chinese Medicine Practitioners
Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioners	5133	5268	5540	5860	6048
Chinese Medicine Practitioners with Limited	61	68	79	72	71
Registration②
Listed Chinese Medicine Practitioners③	2957	2897	2847	2823	2786
Dentists	1941	1976	2025	2074	2126
Pharmacists	1583	1649	1722	1785	1878
Nurses	35465	36444	36965	37447	38641
Doctors per Thousand Population	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8@
Number of Medical Institutions and Hospital Beds
Medical Institutions  (number)	99	103	103	107	111
Hospital Beds  (bed)	34119	34532	34928	35048	35062
Beds per Thousand Population	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0@
Notes: Figures are as at end of the year stated.
①CMPs with limited registration are allowed to perform clinical teaching and research in Chinese medicine in the specified educational and
scientific research institutions.  The registration period of CMPs with limited registration should not exceed one year and they cannot engage
in private practice with patients.
②Listed CMPs can practise lawfully in Hong Kong under the transitional arrangements for registration of  CMPs until a date to be announced
by the Secretary for Food and Health in the Gazette.  Listed CMPs may become registered CMPs through direct registration,  registration
assessment or licensing examination during the transitional arrangements.