Annual Service Provision and Statistics

Annual Service Provision and Statistics 2024-25

Service Provision
The Medical Social Services Units (MSSUs) managed by SWD can be broadly classified into general and psychiatric settings. MSWs in the general setting are stationed at public hospitals and some specialist out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority (HA), and at child assessment centres and the integrated treatment centre of the Department of Health, while those in the psychiatric setting are stationed at psychiatric hospitals and specialist out-patient clinics of the HA.

Statistics
As at 31 March 2025, SWD had an establishment of 493 MSWs serving in 36 MSSUs. In 2024-25, MSWs served 232 017 cases.

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