Primary Healthcare Commission to enhance medical laboratory services for CDCC from tomorrow
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The Government launched the CDCC Pilot Scheme in November 2023 to enable Hong Kong residents aged 45 or above with no known medical history of diabetes mellitus or hypertension to receive screening for related chronic diseases through medical laboratory services in the private sector. To continuously enhance the medical laboratory services for the CDCC Pilot Scheme, participants may opt to receive blood taking, return specimens and receive other laboratory services at any service point of participating medical laboratories by presenting the laboratory service request note issued by their participating family doctors from November 6 onwards, and they will no longer be confined to going to the service points of the single designated medical laboratory as in the past. The number of service points for medical laboratories will also increase from 24 to 63, while the laboratory service co-payment fees for participants will remain unchanged. All medical laboratories participating in the CDCC Pilot Scheme have been accredited under the eHealth+ Connectivity Accreditation Scheme, and citizens' laboratory reports will be deposited into their personal eHealth account for access by citizens as well as their authorised healthcare personnel and caregivers.
Apart from receiving services at service points of participating medical laboratories, CDCC Pilot Scheme participants can also make appointments at the District Health Centres/Expresses in all 18 districts in Hong Kong to receive blood taking or return specimens. To offer more convenience for participants, individual family doctors also provide the value-added service option of blood taking and specimen collection directly to participants at their clinics. If participants opt for this service, their family doctors may charge them an additional fee on top of the laboratory service co-payment fees.
The aforementioned enhancement measures will also apply to the General Outpatient Clinic Public-Private Partnership Programme (GOPC PPP) under the Hospital Authority. (Note) Participants in the CDCC Pilot Scheme and the GOPC PPP may scan the QR code on the laboratory service referral note, refer to the following websites of the Scheme/Programme, or call relevant hotlines for information on the applicable service points of designated laboratory service providers, opening hours, and co-payment details:
CDCC Pilot Scheme
Website: www.primaryhealthcare.gov.hk/cdcc/en
Hotline: 2157 0500 (answered by dedicated staff from 9am to 9pm, Mondays to Saturdays)
GOPC PPP
Website: www.ha.org.hk/ppp/gopcppp
Hotline: 2300 7300 (answered by dedicated staff from 9am to 9pm, Mondays to Saturdays)
The PHC commission will continue to deepen the development of the CDCC Pilot Scheme to cover more target diseases and health conditions, as well as to develop related support services, including nursing, allied health, pharmacy, laboratory, pharmaceutical, and radiological diagnostics.
Note: The GOPC PPP is expected to end in 2028; patients participating in the Programme will be invited to join the CDCC Pilot Scheme in a progressive manner to receive continued and comprehensive care from family doctors in the community.
Ends/Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Issued at HKT 17:50
Issued at HKT 17:50
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