24-53  Conditions of Public Health
Item	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Number of Registered Healthcare Professionals(person)
Doctors	11961	12215	12424	12620	12818
Chinese Medicine Practitioners (CMP)
Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioners	5540	5860	6048	6241	6414
Chinese Medicine Practitioners with Limited	79	72	71	66	70
Registration①
Listed Chinese Medicine Practitioners②	2847	2823	2786	2772	2746
Dentists	2025	2074	2126	2179	2215
Pharmacists	1722	1785	1878	1954	2050
Nurses	36965	37447	38641	40011	41310
Doctors per Thousand Population③	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8#
Number of Medical Institutions and Hospital Beds④
Medical Institutions                               (number)	103	107	111	113	117
Hospital Beds                                              (bed)	34928	35048	35062	35522*	36121
Beds per Thousand Population③	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1#
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.
③Population-related figures from 2007 to 2010 have been revised according to the results of the Population Census conducted from June to
August 2011.
④Including Hospital Authority hospitals, private hospitals, nursing homes and hospitals in correctional institutions.