New case bookings(2) | Waiting Time | |||||||||
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Number |
Percentage |
Hong Kong East |
Hong Kong West |
Kowloon Central |
Kowloon East |
Kowloon West |
New Territories East |
New Territories West |
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Urgent Case | 9,875 |
6% |
Median | 1 week |
Less than 1 week |
1 week |
1 week |
1 week |
1 week |
Less than 1 week |
Semi-urgent Case | 26,356 |
17% |
Median | 5 weeks |
4 weeks |
6 weeks |
6 weeks |
6 weeks |
6 weeks |
6 weeks |
Stable Case | 120,368 |
76% |
Median | 31 weeks |
29 weeks |
62 weeks |
49 weeks |
67 weeks |
50 weeks |
38 weeks |
Longest(1) | 91 weeks |
77 weeks |
94 weeks |
91 weeks |
92 weeks |
86 weeks |
70 weeks |
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 31 July 2025
Notes:
(1) The longest (90th percentile) waiting time implies that appointments are earlier than the indicated time in 90% of the new case bookings
(2) Excluding cases pending for triage
(3) With effect from 1 October 2022, the waiting time for new case booking at Specialist Out-patient Clinics has incorporated integrated clinics