Government specialist new-case waits
Published quarterly by the Hospital Authority. Median and longest (90th-percentile) new-case waits for non-urgent specialist appointments, per cluster.
“Longest” is HA’s 90th-percentile figure: 90% of stable new cases are booked sooner than this — not the single worst case.
Data period: 2025-04-01 → 2026-03-31 · Next update: 31 July 2026
Ear, Nose, Throat21–80 wk
median · longest (90th pct): 84 wkFind a private specialist →
Psychiatry19–74 wk
median · longest (90th pct): 104 wkFind a private specialist →
Medicine27–68 wk
median · longest (90th pct): 96 wkFind a private specialist →
Orthopaedics & Traumatology23–65 wk
median · longest (90th pct): 81 wkFind a private specialist →
Eye26–61 wk
median · longest (90th pct): 116 wkFind a private specialist →
Gynaecology25–57 wk
median · longest (90th pct): 95 wkFind a private specialist →
Surgery27–52 wk
median · longest (90th pct): 101 wkFind a private specialist →
Paediatrics10–25 wk
median · longest (90th pct): 39 wkFind a private specialist →
Which hospitals are in each cluster?
HKEC — Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital · Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals · Tung Wah Eastern Hospital · St. John Hospital
HKWC — Queen Mary Hospital · Grantham Hospital · Tung Wah Hospital · Tsan Yuk Hospital · The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital · MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre
KCC — Queen Elizabeth Hospital · Kwong Wah Hospital · Kowloon Hospital · Hong Kong Children's Hospital · Hong Kong Eye Hospital · Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital · Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital
KEC — United Christian Hospital · Tseung Kwan O Hospital · Haven of Hope Hospital
KWC — Princess Margaret Hospital · Caritas Medical Centre · Yan Chai Hospital · North Lantau Hospital · Kwai Chung Hospital
NTEC — Prince of Wales Hospital · Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital · North District Hospital · Tai Po Hospital · Shatin Hospital
NTWC — Tuen Mun Hospital · Pok Oi Hospital · Tin Shui Wai Hospital · Castle Peak Hospital
HA merged Hong Kong East and Hong Kong West into the Hong Kong Island Cluster on 1 Apr 2026 — this data period still reports them separately.
Source: Hospital Authority · retrieved 2026-07-16
WHY IS IT SO LONG?
Public specialist demand has outgrown capacity for years. Stable-case (non-urgent) referrals absorb the gap; urgent cases are seen within about two weeks.
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