The annual adjustment to consultation co-payment fees for screening and treatment under the Chronic Disease Co-care Pilot Scheme (CDCC Pilot Scheme) will take effect from September 1, the Health Bureau announced today.

Family doctors can determine consultation co-payment fees for screening, subject to a cap of $120.

As regards treatment, 874 of the 971 participating service points will keep their existing co-payment fees unchanged. Eight service points will lower their co-payment fees, and 89 service points will increase their fees, with increments ranging from $20 to $300.

Following the adjustment, 617 service points will charge the Government-recommended consultation co-payment fees at $150 or below. The median co-payment remains at $150. Overall, the rate of increase is 3.1% in the coming year.

Separately, the Health Bureau announced that the CDCC Pilot Scheme will be expanded in phases to cover suitable patients currently attending Hospital Authority General Out-patient Clinics (GOPCs), as well as participants in the General Outpatient Clinic Public-Private Partnership (GOPC PPP) Programme which is scheduled to conclude in 2028.

The bureau will send invitations to join the CDCC Pilot Scheme, by post, to suitable GOPC patients and existing GOPC PPP Programme participants, starting from next month and early next year respectively.