The Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to promoting good health, providing good healthcare services and encouraging medical excellence.
Through MOH, the Government manages the Singapore healthcare system to ensure that quality and affordable basic medical services are available to all Singaporeans.
Public Healthcare Services
Singapore’s public healthcare establishments provide a full range of services covering primary care at polyclinics to tertiary care at hospitals. These include ten acute hospitals, one psychiatric hospital, five community hospitals and twenty-three polyclinics.
Hospital Statistics
Data on public hospital beds, patient admissions and outpatient attendances are obtained from administrative records and the computerised patient registration systems of the hospitals. For non-public hospitals, the data are compiled from returns prescribed by Ministry of Health and from administrative data.
Healthcare Personnel
Statistics on registered healthcare personnel such as the number of doctors, dentists and oral health therapists, pharmacists, nurses and midwives, optometrists and opticians, allied health professionals, as well as traditional Chinese medicine practitioners are derived from the registers maintained by the respective professional bodies under the respective Acts.
Public Health
Statistics on notifiable communicable diseases are collected by MOH from physicians and laboratories. In addition, statistics on various diseases are obtained from healthcare institutions, including polyclinics and hospitals. The National Immunisation Registry collects and maintains vaccination records of children and adults who reside in Singapore, to promote cost-effective disease prevention.
Data
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Key Indicators
| Items |
Unit |
Latest Period |
Latest Data |
% Change
(Y?o?Y) 1/ |
Previous
Period Data |
% Change
(Y?o?Y) 2/ |
| Health |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Doctors |
Per 10,000 Population |
2023 |
28 |
na |
28 |
na |
Data are preliminary when first released.
na not available or not applicable.
1 Refers to % change in latest period over the same period in the previous year.
2 Refers to % change in the previous period over the same period in the previous year.
Admissions and Outpatient Attendances
Government Health Expenditure
Health Facilities
Title : Health Facilities, Annual
Number
|
Data Items
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Acute Hospitals *
Comprises both general hospitals and specialty centres (excluding Psychiatric Hospitals) with acute care inpatient facilities. With effect from 2010, data include Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. With effect from 2014, data include Farrer Park Hospital. With effect from 2015, data include Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre ceased operations with effect from 2017. With effect from 2018, data include Sengkang General Hospital.
|
19 |
18 |
19 |
19 |
18 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
|
Public *
Comprises both general hospitals and specialty centres (excluding Psychiatric Hospitals) with acute care inpatient facilities. With effect from 2010, data include Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. With effect from 2014, data include Farrer Park Hospital. With effect from 2015, data include Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre ceased operations with effect from 2017. With effect from 2018, data include Sengkang General Hospital.
|
9 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
Not-For-Profit *
Comprises both general hospitals and specialty centres (excluding Psychiatric Hospitals) with acute care inpatient facilities. With effect from 2010, data include Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. With effect from 2014, data include Farrer Park Hospital. With effect from 2015, data include Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre ceased operations with effect from 2017. With effect from 2018, data include Sengkang General Hospital.
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Private *
Comprises both general hospitals and specialty centres (excluding Psychiatric Hospitals) with acute care inpatient facilities. With effect from 2010, data include Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. With effect from 2014, data include Farrer Park Hospital. With effect from 2015, data include Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre ceased operations with effect from 2017. With effect from 2018, data include Sengkang General Hospital.
|
9 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
Psychiatric Hospitals
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Public
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Not-For-Profit
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Private
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Community Hospitals
|
8 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
|
Public *
With effect from 2011, data include Bright Vision Hospital. With effect from 2015, data include Jurong Community Hospital and Yishun Community Hospital. With effect from 2018, data include Sengkang Community Hospital. With effect from 2019, data include Outram Community Hospital. With effect from 2023, data include Integrated Care Hub and Woodlands Campus Hospital (Community Hospital), and exclude Bright Vision Hospital.
|
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
|
Not-For-Profit *
With effect from Apr 2011, the ownership of Bright Vision Hospital was transferred to Singapore Health Services (Public).
|
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Private *
West Point Hospital closed on Dec 2015 and re-opened in Sep 2016. The hospital ceased operation with effect from Sep 2018.
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nursing Homes
|
69 |
73 |
72 |
77 |
77 |
80 |
83 |
85 |
|
Public
|
13 |
20 |
21 |
23 |
24 |
27 |
30 |
30 |
|
Not-For-Profit
|
26 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
22 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
|
Private
|
30 |
30 |
28 |
31 |
31 |
30 |
30 |
32 |
|
Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Service (IHPCS) *
Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Service (IHPCS)', which started in April 2020, has replaced the 'Inpatient Hospices'.
|
Na |
Na |
Na |
Na |
10 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
|
Public *
Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Service (IHPCS)', which started in April 2020, has replaced the 'Inpatient Hospices'.
|
Na |
Na |
Na |
Na |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Not-For-Profit *
Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Service (IHPCS)', which started in April 2020, has replaced the 'Inpatient Hospices'.
|
Na |
Na |
Na |
Na |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
Private *
Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Service (IHPCS)', which started in April 2020, has replaced the 'Inpatient Hospices'.
|
Na |
Na |
Na |
Na |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Public - Polyclinics
|
18 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
|
Private - General Practitioner Clinics
|
2,025 |
2,116 |
2,222 |
2,304 |
2,343 |
2,410 |
2,481 |
2,493 |
|
Public (Total) Dental Clinics
|
254 |
252 |
246 |
246 |
245 |
248 |
249 |
245 |
|
Polyclinic Dental Clinics
|
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
|
Hospital/Institution Dental Clinics *
Includes National Dental Centre. With effect from Mar 2010, data include dental clinic at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. With effect from January 2014, data include dental clinic at KK Women's & Children's Hospital. With effect from Jan 2015, data include dental clinic in Jurong Medical Centre. With effect from Jun 2015, data include dental clinic at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. With effect from June 2015, Alexandra Hospital was closed for renovation. Dental clinic in Alexandra Hospital resumed operations from February 2016 to June 2018. With effect from July 2019, data include dental clinic at Sengkang General Hospital. With effect from August 2019, the dental service in Jurong Medical Centre has been consolidated with the dental service at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
|
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
|
School Dental Clinics
|
236 |
233 |
228 |
228 |
227 |
227 |
228 |
224 |
|
Private Dental Clinics
|
835 |
863 |
876 |
851 |
862 |
899 |
955 |
1,079 |
|
Pharmacies
|
235 |
243 |
258 |
256 |
259 |
261 |
251 |
261 |
|
Public
|
62 |
62 |
68 |
67 |
66 |
69 |
69 |
72 |
|
Private
|
173 |
181 |
190 |
189 |
193 |
192 |
182 |
189 |
SOURCE : MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Footnotes
Public health facilities refer to those owned or controlled by a government unit or another public corporation (where control is defined as the ability to determine the general corporate policy). Not-for-profit health facilities refer to those producing health goods and services, but are not permitted to be a source of income, profit or financial gain for the unit(s) that establish, control or finance them. Private health facilities refer to those set up for the purpose of producing health goods and services and are capable of generating a profit or other financial gains for their owners. A residential health facility providing more than one residential care service will be categorised based on its highest level of medical capability (LMC), provided the highest LMC beds make up at least 25 per cent of total bed capacity. For example, a health facility providing both community hospital and chronic sick services will be categorised as a 'Community Hospital' if its number of community hospital beds is at least 25 per cent of its total bed capacity.
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