Hong Kong's Health Bureau and the operator of The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong announced an expansion plan on August 25, including a planned launch of 24-hour inpatient services on December 11 and 10 additional special disease programmes by year end, according to the government announcement. The hospital said it would roll out inpatient services in phases, initially providing 93 inpatient beds, 20 beds under its Clinical Trial and Research Centre and two high dependency beds, with a total of 400 beds expected by the end of 2030.

The hospital said annual outpatient volume was expected to rise from 140 000 attendances in its first year to over 260 000 in its second year of operation, while day-patient beds would increase from 25 to 35. It planned to strengthen radiological diagnostic and pathology laboratory services. Having introduced Post-stroke Care and Low Back Pain programmes in July, it planned further special disease programmes in September and November.

Under a planned extension of the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme to the hospital's inpatient services, insurers were targeted to roll out Certified Plans (Chinese Medicine) in phases from March 2027. The hospital said it would maintain government-subsidised and market-oriented services with existing charging principles and a fee waiver mechanism for patients in financial difficulty.