With effect from 1 January 2026, charges for certain public healthcare services will be adjusted. At the same time, the Government will strengthen the Waiving of Medical Charges arrangement. Members of the public with appointments scheduled at public hospitals between January and February 2026 may submit applications from today onwards.
For details of the public healthcare fee reform and the enhanced Waiving of Medical Charges mechanism, please refer to the leaflet below. The leaflet is currently available in English and Chinese.
Additional language versions, including Urdu, Nepali, Hindi, Punjabi, Thai, Tagalog (Filipino), Vietnamese and Bahasa Indonesia, will be released progressively to support ethnic minority communities.
Last update: 24 December 2025