The Primary Healthcare Commission plans to begin integrating nine Elderly Health Centres into Hong Kong’s district health network on 5 October 2026, changing how elderly patients receive some follow-up and assessment services.
The first phase will cover centres in North District, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun Wu Hong, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Shing, San Po Kong, Yau Ma Tei, Shau Kei Wan and Aberdeen.
Patients who already have appointments for chronic disease management follow-ups can attend as scheduled. Subsequent care will be coordinated through District Health Centres and may continue at Hospital Authority family medicine clinics or with community family doctors.
Patients with existing health-assessment appointments can also continue receiving those assessments at Elderly Health Centres. From December 2026, people without appointments or making new applications are scheduled to receive health-assessment services through District Health Centres.
The assessment service is planned to cover nutrition, hearing, psychological and urinary issues in addition to cognition, mobility and vision. The detailed scope and implementation arrangements for the expanded service have not yet been released.
After full integration, the number of service points is expected to increase from 18 to more than 100, including District Health Centres in all 18 districts and designated Hospital Authority family medicine clinics. Annual capacity is expected to rise from about 54,000 elderly people to more than 120,000.
The remaining nine Elderly Health Centres are scheduled to be integrated during the 2027–28 financial year. The supplied reports do not specify the exact dates or centre-by-centre arrangements for that phase.