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.
| Hospital |
Triage 4 patients
average waiting time
(minutes) |
Number of
patients waiting
to be seen in ED |
Total patients
in ED |
| Armadale Hospital |
0 |
2 |
39 |
| Fiona Stanley Hospital |
117 |
25 |
84 |
| Joondalup Health Campus |
107 |
12 |
72 |
| King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| Peel Health Campus |
70 |
3 |
34 |
| Perth Children's Hospital |
0 |
0 |
19 |
| Rockingham General Hospital |
13 |
8 |
32 |
| Royal Perth Hospital |
144 |
11 |
52 |
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital |
97 |
15 |
59 |
| St John of God Midland Public Hospital |
28 |
7 |
63 |
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.