North District Community Health Centre

The North District Community Health Centre is one of the projects under the 10-year hospital development plan, separate from the NDH Expansion Project. It is located at Pak Wo Road and Wai Wo Street in Sheung Shui. The targeted service commencement is in 2024.

Currently, there are four general outpatient clinics (GOPCs) and mobile medical services provided in the North District managed and operated by HA. In terms of space and functional layout, the existing facilities of these GOPCs are inadequate to cope with the growing demand for general outpatient services in the North District, especially in Sheung Shui and Fanling new towns. The Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club Clinic (SWHJCC) was built in the early 1960s. In-situ expansion to cope with the anticipated increase in demand for GOPC services is not feasible due to the physical and structural constraints of the building. Large-scale in-situ improvement works is also not desirable as operation of GOPC services should be maintained at all times. Having regard to an ageing population, the demographic profile and the increasing demand for healthcare services due to population growth and the development of NDAs, there is an imminent need to enhance and integrate various public primary healthcare services in the North District.

The proposed CHC not only allows reprovisioning the GOPC at SWHJCC but also provides one-stop public primary healthcare services to residents of the North District comprising three key elements: medical consultation services, nursing and allied health services, and patient empowerment services. This project, once materialised, will provide modernised facilities to improve the primary care services in the North District in order to meet the changing healthcare demand arising from the growing and ageing population. Through the CHC, the HA will provide a comprehensive range of multi- disciplinary professional services including doctor, nurse and allied health services, having regard to the demographic profile and projected service demand for public primary care services of the target population in the North District.