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 Tuesday, 01 July 2025 07:00 AM
Hospital Triage 4 patients
average waiting time
(minutes)
Number of
patients waiting
to be seen in ED
Total patients
in ED
Armadale Hospital 7 11 46
Fiona Stanley Hospital 201 16 84
Joondalup Health Campus 163 13 72
King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women 0 0 1
Peel Health Campus 150 4 60
Perth Children's Hospital 0 2 24
Rockingham General Hospital 49 3 38
Royal Perth Hospital 160 7 45
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 189 17 72
St John of God Midland Public Hospital 70 10 60
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.