List of Abbreviations
- A&E
Accident and Emergency
- C&SD
Census and Statistics Department
- CDCC Scheme
Chronic Disease Co-Care Scheme
- CHCs
Community Health Centres
- CKD
Chronic Kidney Disease
- CM
Chinese Medicine
- CMDF
Chinese Medicine Development Fund
- CMCTRs
Chinese Medicine Clinics cum Training and Research Centres
- CME
Continuing Medical Education
- CMH
Chinese Medicine Hospital
- CMPs
Chinese Medicine Practitioners
- CMS
Clinical Management System
- CNS
Community Nursing Services
- COHK
The College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong
- COVID-19
Coronavirus Disease 2019
- CPD
Continuing Professional Development
- CVD
Cardiovascular Disease
- DCHK
The Dental Council of Hong Kong
- DECCs
District Elderly Community Centres
- DH
The Department of Health
- DHA
Domestic Health Accounts
- DHC
District Health Centre
- DM
Diabetes Mellitus
- EHCs
Elderly Health Centres
- EHCV
Elderly Health Care Voucher
- eHealth
Electronic Health Record Sharing System
- eHealth App
eHealth Mobile Application
- eHS(S)
eHealth System (Subsidies)
- FHB
Food and Health Bureau (re-organised as Health Bureau with effect from 1 July 2022)
- FMSC
Family Medicine Specialist Clinic
- GOPCs
General Out-patient Clinics
- GOPC PPP
General Out-patient Clinic Public-Private Partnership Programme
- GPs
General Practitioners
- HA
The Hospital Authority
- HHB
Health Bureau
- HKAM
The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
- HKAN
The Hong Kong Academy of Nursing
- HKCFP
The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians
- HKOTA
Hong Kong Occupational Therapy Association
- HT
Hypertension
- LWB
Labour and Welfare Bureau
- MCHCs
Maternal and Child Health Centres
- MCHK
The Medical Council of Hong Kong
- MED
Medicine specialty
- NAHCs
Nurse and Allied Health Clinics
- NCDs
Non-communicable Diseases
- NECs
Neighbourhood Elderly Centres
- NGOs
Non-governmental Organisations
- O&T
Orthopaedics & Traumatology specialty
- OHS
Oral Health Survey
- OT
Occupational Therapist
- PCD
Primary Care Directory
- PCO
Primary Care Office
- PCR
Primary Care Register
- PEP
Patient Empowerment Programme
- PHC
Primary Healthcare
- PHFs
Private Healthcare Facilities
- PHO
Primary Healthcare Office
- PHS
Population Health Survey
- PolyU
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- PPP
Public-Private Partnership
- PSY
Psychiatry
- PT
Physiotherapists
- RAMP
Risk Factor Assessment and Management Programme
- RCHEs
Residential Care Homes for the Elderly
- RFs
Reference Frameworks
- SAP
Towards 2025: Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent and Control Non- communicable Diseases in Hong Kong
- SCPHD
Steering Committee on Primary Healthcare Development
- SOPC
Specialist Out-patient Clinic
- SPO
Strategic Purchasing Office
- SWD
Social Welfare Department
- The Blueprint
Blueprint for the Sustainable Development of Primary Healthcare Services for Hong Kong
- The Strategy Document
Primary Care Development in Hong Kong: Strategy Document
- UGC
University Grants Committee
- VHTs
Visiting Health Teams
- VSS
Vaccination Subsidy Scheme
- WHCs
Woman Health Centres
- WHO
World Health Organization
