❓ Libby Mettam (Opposition) questions the Health Minister regarding the frequency and location of Code Yellow incidents (internal hospital emergencies) across WA hospitals during April-July 2025. The Minister provides a detailed breakdown by hospital and month.
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I refer to the practice of Western Australian hospitals declaring a code yellow when a hospital has either an infrastructure or other internal emergency, which will affect its service delivery, and I ask : (a) How many code yellows have been called at hospitals or health campuses in Western Australia in April, May, June and July 2025; and (b) Which hospitals called a code yellow, and on what specific dates, in April, May, June and July 2025?
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Answered
17 September 2025
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
8 days
(a)-(b):
The term “code yellow” refers to an internal emergency in a hospital and is a trigger to activate a response. A Code Yellow emergency can be called for a range of issues including infrastructure issues (including ICT issues related to patient care), chemical spills, environmental factors (i.e. severe weather), capacity issues or missing patients. WA Country Health Service does not use Code Yellow to denote bed or staff shortages.
A Code Yellow notification does not mean Emergency Departments are not able to accept additional patients.
Service / Hospital
Apr-25
May-25
Jun-25
Jul-25
To 13 Aug 25
Armadale Health Service
8
19
22
23
Bayulu Remote Nursing Post
1
Bentley Health Service
7
3
3
3
Cockburn
1
Denmark Hospital
1
Derby
1
Fiona Stanley Hospital
3
4
6
19
Fremantle Hospital
Graylands Hospital
1
2
4
5
2
Hedland Health Campus
1
Joondalup Health Campus
0
0
0
0
2
Kalamunda Hospital
0
0
0
0
Kalumburu Nursing Post
1
Karratha Health Campus
1
King Edward Memorial Hospital
5
11
10
5
4
Lombadina Health Centre
1
Margaret River Hospital
1
1
2
Marble Bar Nursing Post
1
Morawa Perenjori Health Service
1
Noonkanbah Health Centre
1
Northampton Hospital
1
Osborne Park Hospital
1
2
1
1
Peel Health Campus
Perth Children’s Hospital
9
8
9
5
Rockingham General Hospital
3
3
8
Royal Perth Hospital
13
23
22
28
Selby Lodge
0
0
0
0
0
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
4
14
15
17
12
St John of God Midland Public Hospital
7
10
10
15
Wangkatjunka Clinic
1
1
The term “code yellow” refers to an internal emergency in a hospital and is a trigger to activate a response. A Code Yellow emergency can be called for a range of issues including infrastructure issues (including ICT issues related to patient care), chemical spills, environmental factors (i.e. severe weather), capacity issues or missing patients. WA Country Health Service does not use Code Yellow to denote bed or staff shortages.
A Code Yellow notification does not mean Emergency Departments are not able to accept additional patients.
Service / Hospital
Apr-25
May-25
Jun-25
Jul-25
To 13 Aug 25
Armadale Health Service
8
19
22
23
Bayulu Remote Nursing Post
1
Bentley Health Service
7
3
3
3
Cockburn
1
Denmark Hospital
1
Derby
1
Fiona Stanley Hospital
3
4
6
19
Fremantle Hospital
Graylands Hospital
1
2
4
5
2
Hedland Health Campus
1
Joondalup Health Campus
0
0
0
0
2
Kalamunda Hospital
0
0
0
0
Kalumburu Nursing Post
1
Karratha Health Campus
1
King Edward Memorial Hospital
5
11
10
5
4
Lombadina Health Centre
1
Margaret River Hospital
1
1
2
Marble Bar Nursing Post
1
Morawa Perenjori Health Service
1
Noonkanbah Health Centre
1
Northampton Hospital
1
Osborne Park Hospital
1
2
1
1
Peel Health Campus
Perth Children’s Hospital
9
8
9
5
Rockingham General Hospital
3
3
8
Royal Perth Hospital
13
23
22
28
Selby Lodge
0
0
0
0
0
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
4
14
15
17
12
St John of God Midland Public Hospital
7
10
10
15
Wangkatjunka Clinic
1
1
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