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Hong Kong physiotherapists face job crunch as healthcare budgets shrink
Competition has intensified since 2025, and PolyU’s Band A admits fell about 9 percentage points, while a physiotherapy association head cited tighter hiring budgets after 2025-26 cuts extended into 2027-28.
Hong Kong physiotherapy graduates are facing a job crunch as healthcare budget cuts coincide with a surge in new practitioners entering the market, the South China Morning Post reports.
A physiotherapy association president, Alexander Woo Chuen-hau, said job competition has intensified since 2025, noting that while there is underlying demand, organizations have no budget to hire after cuts became more pronounced in 2026.
Woo linked the problem to government announcements for recurrent public expenditure cuts of 1 to 2 per cent for 2025-26 that would be extended to 2027-28.
The outlet also cited admissions data from Polytechnic University, showing the share of students who ranked its physiotherapy program among their top three choices, known as Band A, fell by around 9 percentage points from the prior year.