Emergency Department data


Emergency department live activity

The table below provides an up-to-date view of the status of the emergency department in each of the metropolitan hospitals that contains an emergency department.

Information provided here serves as a guide only.

Preview of Emergency Department (ED) figures at Saturday, 14 June 2025 05:35 PM
Hospital Triage 4 patients
average waiting time
(minutes)
Number of
patients waiting
to be seen in ED
Total patients
in ED
Armadale Hospital 26 12 45
Fiona Stanley Hospital 91 33 96
Joondalup Health Campus 70 33 115
King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women 79 2 7
Peel Health Campus 13 4 52
Perth Children's Hospital 13 4 36
Rockingham General Hospital 6 12 40
Royal Perth Hospital 80 18 71
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 103 17 68
St John of God Midland Public Hospital 51 13 74
Please note, in addition to Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH), the following emergency departments are also able to manage all paediatric emergencies (0-15 years old):
If your child needs emergency treatment, it is safest to seek treatment at the closest emergency department from the above list.

In an emergency department, patients are always seen and treated in order of clinical urgency.

Triage categories are allocated to each patient on arrival by experienced staff members, with triage 1 representing a life threatening condition, and triage 5 representing a minor or chronic condition.

The average waiting time that is displayed on the web page is for patients who have been assessed as triage category 4, that is the most frequently allocated triage category.

For further information about triage categories, visit Australasian College of Emergency Medicine website.

For Medicare Urgent Care Clinics please visit the website Find an urgent care service near you | healthdirect.