Hong Kong A&E wards aim to cut wait times for urgent patients with fee change


Hong Kong’s public hospitals aim to shorten waiting times in accident and emergency departments for the third most urgent group of patients following fee adjustments that will be announced in weeks.

The Hospital Authority said it hoped to meet its service target of treating 90 per cent of urgent patients in A&E, currently triaged as category three, within 30 minutes, instead of the 76.6 per cent in 2024.

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