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Performance Pledges

  • By Services
  • Boards and Councils Office
  • Child Assessment Service
  • Chinese Medicine Regulatory Office
  • Communicable Disease Branch
  • Drug Office
  • Elderly Health Service
  • Family Health Service
  • Forensic Pathology Service
  • Health Technology and Advisory Division
  • Office for Regulation of Private Healthcare Facilities
  • Port Health Division
  • Radiation Health Division
  • School Dental Care Service
  • Social Hygiene Service
  • Special Preventive Programme
  • Student Health Service
  • Travel Health Centres
  • Tuberculosis and Chest Service
  • Civil Servants Dental Service
  • Families Clinics for Civil Servants and their Dependants

  • Boards and Councils Office

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Processing of registration applications from healthcare professionals 10 working days 100%
    Investigating complaints against healthcare professionals 14 working days 100%
    Informing applicants of the decisions made by the respective Boards/ Councils for new registration and restoration cases 10 working days 100%

    Child Assessment Service

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    First appointment for new cases 3 weeks 100%
    Attending clients on scheduled appointment 60 minutes of specified time 100%
    Completion of assessment of new cases 6 months 67.7%

    Chinese Medicine Regulatory Office

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Processing of applications from Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Registration, Limited Registration, Practicing Certificate) 10 working days 100%
    Pre-licensing inspection of trading premises of Chinese medicines traders after receipt of completed application form and all supporting documents 2 weeks 100%
    Issuance of Chinese medicines trader licences for new and renewal applications upon payment of a prescribed fee 20 working days 100%
    Issuance of "Confirmation receipt of application for proprietary Chinese medicine registration" upon receipt of duly completed application form and all relevant documents for registration 14 working days 100%
    Issuance of "Certificate of registration of proprietary Chinese medicine" for proprietary Chinese medicine assessed to have met the registration requirements upon payment of a prescribed fee 20 working days 100%

    Communicable Disease Branch

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Investigating reports of outbreaks of communicable diseases 24 hours 100%

    Drug Office

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Granting of registration of pharmaceutical products 5 months 100%
    Granting of Licences for import and export of pharmaceutical products 2 working days 100%
    Inspection of licensed retail drug premises Twice a year per premises 100%
    Granting of permits, licences or certificates for pharmaceutical wholesalers, retailers and manufacturers 2 months 100%
    Granting of free Sale Certificate of pharmaceutical products 7 working days 100%
    Granting of certificate of pharmaceutical products 12 working days 100%
    Granting of certificate for Clinical Trial / Medicinal Test 3 months 100%

    Elderly Health Service

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Providing clinical service to clients on scheduled appointment at Elderly Health Centres 30 minutes of specified time 100%
    Confirming booking of health promotion activities for clients of Visiting Health Teams 2 working days 100%

    Family Health Service

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Attending clients at Maternal & Child Health Centres 20 minutes after registration 100%
    Attending clients on scheduled appointment at Woman Health Centres 30 minutes of specified time 100%

    Forensic Pathology Service

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Bodies ready to be released after completion of autopsy 1 working day 100%

    Health Technology and Advisory Division

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Processing of applications for licence, permit or endorsement on animal experiment upon receiving all requested information 95% of license within 6 weeks 100%

    Office for Regulation of Private Healthcare Facilities

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Inspection of private hospitals licensed under the Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (Cap. 633) At an average of twice a year 100%
    Inspection of day procedure centres licensed under the Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (Cap. 633) At an average of once a year 100%

    Port Health Division

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Granting of Free Pratique 30 minutes 99.2%
    Granting of Cremation Permit 1 hour 100%
    Granting of Ship Sanitation Control Certificate / Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate 4 working days 100%
    Granting of International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (Yellow Fever) Same session after registration 100%
    Granting of Permit for Importation / Transshipment of Human Remains 1 working day 100%
    Granting of Permit for Importation / Transshipment of Biological Materials 3 working days 100%

    Radiation Health Division

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Granting of Licences for radioactive substance or irradiating apparatus requiring site preparation 8 weeks 100%
    Granting of permits for moving radioactive substance 3 working days 100%

    School Dental Care Service

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Attending students on scheduled appointment 30 minutes of specified time 99.9%
    Attending enrolled students with urgent need Same session after registration 100%

    Social Hygiene Service

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Appointment for clients with sexually transmitted infections Same day after registration 100%
    Appointment for urgent new dermatology cases 8 weeks 100%

    Special Preventive Programme

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Appointment for HIV antibody screening 1 week 100%
    Appointment for new clients 14 working days 100%

    Student Health Service

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Attending students on scheduled appointment 30 minutes of specified time 100%

    Travel Health Centres

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Attending clients on scheduled appointment 15 minutes of specified time 100%

    Tuberculosis and Chest Service

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Attending TB Patients requiring anti-TB treatment Same day after registration 100%
    Appointment for Pneumoconiosis cases requiring assessment for compensation 4 weeks 100%

    Civil Servants Dental Service

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Attending clients on scheduled appointment 30 minutes of specified time 85%
    Attending clients with urgent conditions Same session after registration 100%

    Families Clinics for Civil Servants and their Dependants

    Services Target Annual Achievement (2024)
    Clients on scheduled appointment 30 minutes of specified time 100%
    14 Jul 2025