❓ Ms. Mettam asks about daily active beds and total bed capacity in metropolitan hospitals from 2019-20 to 2022-23. The response provides annual monthly bed occupancy rates, noting data limitations and exclusions.
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(1) What was the average number of daily active beds for each month, across each metropolitan hospital in: (a) 2019-20; (b) 2020-21; (c) 2021-22; and (d) 2022-23 to date? (2) What was the total bed capacity for the same time period as (1), for each metropolitan hospital?
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Answered
8 August 2023
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
15 days
(1 – 2)
Bed audits, to determine whether a bed is considered operational or non-operational, are not undertaken daily.
Annual monthly bed occupancy average rates for each public metropolitan hospital are presented below.
Hospital
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
Armadale Hospital
76%
80%
83%
84%
Bentley Health Service
61%
66%
71%
92%
Fiona Stanley Hospital
91%
94%
91%
94%
Fremantle Hospital
95%
96%
94%
97%
Kalamunda Hospital
90%
88%
83%
80%
King Edward Memorial Hospital
76%
72%
73%
67%
Murray Districts Hospital
88%
81%
91%
88%
Osborne Park Hospital
82%
82%
77%
78%
Perth Children's Hospital
81%
86%
81%
82%
Rockingham Hospital
78%
83%
85%
84%
Royal Perth Hospital
90%
91%
87%
89%
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
89%
93%
90%
91%
No data is available for contracted health entities i.e. Joondalup, Midland and Peel.
The above data does not include Mental Health.
Bed audits, to determine whether a bed is considered operational or non-operational, are not undertaken daily.
Annual monthly bed occupancy average rates for each public metropolitan hospital are presented below.
Hospital
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
Armadale Hospital
76%
80%
83%
84%
Bentley Health Service
61%
66%
71%
92%
Fiona Stanley Hospital
91%
94%
91%
94%
Fremantle Hospital
95%
96%
94%
97%
Kalamunda Hospital
90%
88%
83%
80%
King Edward Memorial Hospital
76%
72%
73%
67%
Murray Districts Hospital
88%
81%
91%
88%
Osborne Park Hospital
82%
82%
77%
78%
Perth Children's Hospital
81%
86%
81%
82%
Rockingham Hospital
78%
83%
85%
84%
Royal Perth Hospital
90%
91%
87%
89%
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
89%
93%
90%
91%
No data is available for contracted health entities i.e. Joondalup, Midland and Peel.
The above data does not include Mental Health.
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