26-48  Conditions of Public Health|26-48ConditionsofPublicHealth|Item|2010|2011|2012|2013|2014||NumberofRegisteredHealthcareProfessionals(person)|Doctors|12620|12818|13006|13203|13417|ChineseMedicinePractitioners(CMP)|RegisteredChineseMedicinePractitioners|6241|6414|6565|6743|6898|ChineseMedicinePractitionerswithLimited|66|70|74|61|64|Registration¢Ù|ListedChineseMedicinePractitioners¢Ú|2772|2746|2733|2715|2693|Dentists|2179|2215|2258|2310|2343|Pharmacists|1954|2050|2127|2285|2390|Nurses|40011|41310|43698|45846|48047|DoctorsperThousandPopulation|1.8|1.8|1.8|1.8|1.8#|NumberofMedicalInstitutionsandHospitalBeds¢Û|MedicalInstitutions(number)|116|120|123|127|130|HospitalBeds(bed)|35522|36121|36579|36720|37322|BedsperThousandPopulation|5|5.1|5.1|5.1|5.1#||Notes:Figuresareasatendoftheyearstated.|¢ÙCMPswithlimitedregistrationareallowedtoperformclinicalteachingandresearchinChinesemedicineinthespecifiededucational|andscientificresearchinstitutions.TheregistrationperiodofCMPswithlimitedregistrationshouldnotexceedoneyearandthey|cannotengageinprivatepracticewithpatients.|¢ÚListedCMPscanpractiselawfullyinHongKongunderthetransitionalarrangementsforregistrationofCMPsuntiladatetobe|announcedbytheSecretaryforFoodandHealthintheGazette.ListedCMPsmaybecomeregisteredCMPsthroughdirectregistration,|registrationassessmentorlicensingexaminationduringthetransitionalarrangements.|¢ÛIncludingHospitalAuthorityhospitalsandinstitutions,privatehospitals,nursinghomesandhospitalsincorrectionalinstitutions.