26-48  Conditions of Public Health|26-48ConditionsofPublicHealth|Item|2011|2012|2013|2014|2015||NumberofRegisteredHealthcareProfessionals(person)|Doctors|12818|13006|13203|13417|13726|ChineseMedicinePractitioners(CMP)|RegisteredChineseMedicinePractitioners|6414|6565|6743|6898|7071|ChineseMedicinePractitionerswithLimited|70|74|61|64|55|Registration¢Ù|ListedChineseMedicinePractitioners¢Ú|2746|2733|2715|2693|2661|Dentists|2215|2258|2310|2343|2382|Pharmacists|2050|2127|2285|2390|2504|Nurses|41310|43698|45846|48047|50461|DoctorsperThousandPopulation|1.8|1.8|1.8|1.8|1.9#|NumberofMedicalInstitutionsandHospitalBeds¢Û|MedicalInstitutions(number)|120|123|127|130|133|HospitalBeds(bed)|36121|36579|36720|37322|38287|BedsperThousandPopulation|5.1|5.1|5.1|5.1|5.2#||Notes:Figuresareasatendoftheyearstated.|¢ÙCMPswithlimitedregistrationareallowedtoperformclinicalteachingandresearchinChinesemedicineinthespecifiededucationaland|scientificresearchinstitutions.TheregistrationperiodofCMPswithlimitedregistrationshouldnotexceedoneyearandtheycannotengage|inprivatepracticewithpatients.|¢ÚListedCMPscanpractiselawfullyinHongKongunderthetransitionalarrangementsforregistrationofCMPsuntiladatetobeannounced|bytheSecretaryforFoodandHealthintheGazette.ListedCMPsmaybecomeregisteredCMPsthroughdirectregistration,registration|assessmentortheLicensingExaminationduringthetransitionalarrangements.|¢ÛIncludingHospitalAuthorityhospitalsandinstitutions,privatehospitals,nursinghomesandhospitalsincorrectionalinstitutions.