Department of Health (Hong Kong)

Department of Health
衞生署
Agency overview
Headquarters21/F, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East Wan Chai Hong Kong Island
Employees4,669 [1]
Annual budgetHK$$5.3012 billion (2012–13) [2]
Agency executive
  • Dr. Ronald Lam Man Kin, Director of Health
Parent agencyHealth Bureau
Websitewww.dh.gov.hk
Department of Health
Traditional Chinese衞生署
Simplified Chinese卫生署
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWèi Shēng Shǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWaih sāang chyúh
JyutpingWai6 saang1 cyu5

Hong Kong's Department of Health is responsible for healthcare policies and the provision of basic healthcare services and established in 1939. The public hospitals are managed by the department's Hospital Authority. The department reports to the Health Bureau.

The department is headed by the Director of Health, a position currently held by Dr. Ronald Lam Man Kin.