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 Thursday, 09 April 2026 05:05 AM
Hospital Triage 4 patients
average waiting time
(minutes)
Number of
patients waiting
to be seen in ED
Total patients
in ED
Armadale Hospital 25 3 34
Fiona Stanley Hospital 21 3 56
Joondalup Health Campus 326 7 62
King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women
Peel Health Campus 234 2 53
Perth Children's Hospital 0 0 10
Rockingham General Hospital 219 7 39
Royal Perth Hospital 292 7 57
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 160 2 40
St John of God Midland Public Hospital 31 4 61
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.