Waiting Time

Waiting Time of Enrolment for Elderly Health Centres

The Department of Health has established 18 Elderly Health Centres (EHCs) in Hong Kong. Elderly persons aged 65 or above can be enrolled as members.

The waiting time for membership at each EHC is listed below for reference. As the service of Elderly Health Centres would be adjusted according to the latest development of “coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)”, the actual waiting time for new applications might be longer than the estimated waiting time.

Elderly Health Centres	As of end of Nov 2021, applications submitted in the following months were being processed	Estimated waiting time for applications submitted, as of end of Nov 2021
Hong Kong Island
Sai Ying Pun	December 2019	20 months
Shau Kei Wan	September 2020	18 months
Aberdeen	May 2020	16 months
Wan Chai	June 2019	24 months
Kowloon
Kowloon City	October 2020	16 months
Lam Tin	January 2020	20 months
Nam Shan	January 2021	10 months
San Po Kong	June 2020	18 months
Yau Ma Tei	August 2019	19 months
New Territories
Tung Chung	July 2020	13 months
Kwai Shing	October 2020	10 months
Shek Wu Hui	July 2020	18 months
Tseung Kwan O	July 2020	21 months
Lek Yuen	August 2019	28 months
Tai Po	October 2018	33 months
Tsuen Wan	July 2020	22 months
Tuen Mun Wu Hong	August 2018	43 months
Yuen Long	January 2019	28 months

Remarks：

Since membership turnover is not high, new applicants may have to wait for quite some time to become enrolled as members. The waiting time of different centres varies with the number of applicants. The waiting time displayed only reflects the situation during the stated period and therefore may not be predictive of how long you would need to wait for membership.
For elderly persons who are interested to enroll as members, please bring along your Hong Kong identity cards to the respective EHC for application. For details, please contact our clinic staff.
An elderly person can apply for and retain membership at ONLY ONE EHC at any one time. Please note that any newly submitted application will supersede application(s) submitted previously at all other EHCs (if you had applied for membership at another EHC, that application will be cancelled automatically). Besides, if you are already a member at any EHC, your membership at other EHCs will also be cancelled automatically.