24-53 Conditions of Public Health
Item	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Number of Registered Healthcare Professionals(person)
Doctors	11739	11961	12215	12424	12620
Chinese Medicine Practitioners (CMP)
Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioners	5268	5540	5860	6048	6241
Chinese Medicine Practitioners with Limited	68	79	72	71	66
Registration①
Listed Chinese Medicine Practitioners②	2897	2847	2823	2786	2772
Dentists	1976	2025	2074	2126	2179
Pharmacists	1649	1722	1785	1878	1954
Nurses	36444	36965	37447	38641	40011
Doctors per Thousand Population	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8#
Number of Medical Institutions and Hospital Beds
Medical Institutions                                         (number)	103	103	107	111	113
Hospital Beds                                                        (bed)	34532	34928	35048	35062	35525
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.