Hong Kong physiotherapists face job crunch amid oversupply and budget cuts

Hong Kong physiotherapy graduates are facing a job crunch amid ongoing healthcare budget cuts and a surge in new practitioners entering the industry, with one representative saying 60 applicants had competed for one position in a remote care facility for elderly residents.Data also showed that the proportion of applicants admitted to Polytechnic University’s (PolyU) prestigious physiotherapy programme who ranked it among their top three choices – known as “Band A” – fell by around 9 percentage points from last year, suggesting the institution was selecting more students who were less committed to the profession.In an interview with the South China Morning Post earlier this month, Alexander Woo Chuen-hau, president of the physiotherapy-association" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="43873" data-entity-type="organization">Hong Kong physiotherapy Association, said that job competition in the industry had intensified since 2025.