By the end of 2025, the city boasts 5,027 medical institutions of various types, among which 288 were hospitals.
Four tertiary hospitals were added to the city throughout the year of 2025, bringing the total to 37, and one new top-tier tertiary hospital (Grade A) was officially launched, bringing the total to 17. Ruijin Hospital Taicang Campus, Xiyuan Hospital Suzhou Campus have been put into operation. The construction of tightly integrated county-level medical communities has been steadily promoted. And the construction of "Three New Centers" has been fully launched for chronic disease management, cancer prevention and treatment, and multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment respectively.
As of 2025, there were 123,200 medical staff in Suzhou, among which 50,200 are practicing (assistant) physicians and 54,500 are registered nurses. There are 3.85 practicing (assistant) physicians per thousand people. Throughout the year, medical institutions at all levels in Suzhou provided 113 million services in diagnosis and treatment.
The "12356" psychological assistance hotline was officially launched in Suzhou.
The health literacy level of residents in Suzhou reached 46.25% in 2025, with an increase of 3.22% compared to 2024, which is 12.56% higher than the national health literacy level during the same period. The average life expectancy reached 85.21.
