Doctor credentials guides

What doctors' qualification abbreviations mean, and how to check a doctor's registration and specialty on the Medical Council register.

• Is Dr X any good? Five things you can check yourself, without ratingsWant to know whether a doctor is good, or right for you? Without relying on online ratings, you can check Medical Council registration, specialist registration, qualifications, disciplinary records and practice arrangements, ask the right questions at the first visit, and seek a second opinion for important decisions.Updated 2026-10-25
• What official ways are there to check a doctor in Hong Kong?The three official ways to check a doctor: the Medical Council's list of registered medical practitioners, the Primary Care Directory and eHealth's 'Search Doctors'; plus the Hong Kong Doctors Union directory, approved by the Medical Council and run by a trade union. Who runs each, what it shows, whether a login is needed, and what it cannot tell you.Updated 2026-10-15
• How to check whether a physiotherapist, chiropractor or occupational therapist is registered: searching each council's registerHow do you check whether a physiotherapist, chiropractor or occupational therapist is registered? Where a statutory council provides an online list, you can search it by name for the registration number and Chinese and English name. This page explains what each online list does and does not show, and how to search the Chinese medicine register.Updated 2026-10-06
• FHKAM meaning: Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, doctors' qualification abbreviations and how to confirm a specialistExplains doctors' qualification abbreviations such as FHKAM, FHKCP, MRCP and FRCP, the difference between a specialist and a doctor who is only generally registered, and how to verify on the Medical Council's registers whether a doctor is a specialist.Updated 2026-10-01
• How to search the Medical Council of Hong Kong's list of registered doctors: checking a doctor's registration number and specialtyStep by step, use the Medical Council of Hong Kong's list of registered medical practitioners and its search function to check whether a doctor is registered, the type of registration, whether the doctor is on the Specialist Register, and disciplinary inquiry judgments.Updated 2026-10-01