Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
The Health Bureau (HHB) announced today (October 23) that the Community Pharmacy Programme (CPP) (Community) will launch the patient pairing arrangement with designated community pharmacies by the end of October. In addition, the annually adjusted consultation co-payment fees for the screening and treatment phases, as allowed to be set by family doctors participating in the Primary Healthcare Co-care Network (Co-care Network) according to the established mechanism, will take effect from November 1.
CPP (Community)’s patient pairing arrangements
For more details of the CPP, members of the public may visit its dedicated websiteNote 2: Prediabetes refers to HbA1c levels of 6.0-6.4 per cent or FPG levels of 6.1-6.9 mmol/L.