❓ Ms Mettam asks the Minister for Health for detailed data on hospital bed availability and access block across WA's health services for the 2024-2025 financial year, following up on a previous question from 2021. The response provides some bed occupancy data but states that access block data is no longer collected.
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I refer to the answer to Question 155, from then Health Minister Roger Cook, on 16 September 2021, and ask for the following data in line with that which was readily provided in the answer to Question 155. I further refer to all public hospitals, including public hospitals with private operators, and the availability of beds at those hospitals, and I ask : (a) for the North Metropolitan Health Service: (i) what was the average number of daily active beds for each month in the 2024-2025 financial year across each hospital; ; (ii) what was the total bed capacity for the same time period as (a)(i) for each hospital; and (iii) how many days each month did each hospital experience access block of more than ten percent of beds within the emergency department; (b) for the South Metropolitan Health Service : (i) What was the average number of daily active beds for each month in the 2024-2025 financial year across each hospital; (ii) what was the total bed capacity for the same time period as (b)(i) for each hospital; and (iii) how many days each month did each hospital experience access block of more than ten percent of beds within the emergency department; (c) for the East Metropolitan Health Service: (i) What was the average number of daily active beds for each month in the 2024-2024 financial year across each hospital; (ii) what was the total bed capacity for the same time period as (b)(i) for each hospital; and (iii) how many days each month did each hospital experience access block of more than ten percent of beds within the emergency department; (d) for the Child and Adolescent Health Service: (i) What was the average number of daily active beds for each month in the 2024-2025 financial year across each hospital; (ii) what was the total bed capacity for the same time period as (b)(i) for each hospital; and (iii) how many days each month did each hospital experience access block of more than ten percent of beds within the emergency department; and (e) for the Western Australian Country Health Service: (i) What was the average number of daily active beds for each month in the 2024-2025 financial year across each hospital; (ii) what was the total bed capacity for the same time period as (b)(i) for each hospital; and (iii) how many days each month did each hospital experience access block of more than ten percent of beds within the emergency department?
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Answered
22 October 2025
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
13 days
(a) North Metropolitan Health Service
(i) Average number of daily active beds
2024
2025
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Graylands Hospital
121
121
124
126
126
125
125
123
125
125
126
126
Joondalup Health Campus
473
473
473
473
473
462
466
473
473
473
474
479
King Edward Memorial Hospital
97
96
98
100
100
100
100
100
100
101
101
99
Osborne Park Hospital
191
186
184
178
180
175
178
181
179
178
183
181
Other NMHS Mental Health Facilities
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
87
87
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
592
591
589
592
589
579
584
589
584
581
588
591
(b) South Metropolitan Health Service
(i) Average number of daily active beds
2024
2025
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Fiona Stanley Hospital
715
725
750
783
794
812
835
845
845
843
847
852
Fremantle Hospital
303
303
305
304
303
289
292
305
307
307
308
312
Murray District Hospital
17
18
16
15
15
17
17
17
17
17
15
16
Peel Health Campus
132
132
133
134
134
134
134
134
134
134
134
Rockingham General Hospital
236
236
236
236
236
236
238
242
242
242
242
242
* Data for Peel Health Campus is not available prior to its transition to Government operation in August 2024.
(c) East Metropolitan Health Service
(i) Average number of daily active beds
2024
2025
EMHS
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Armadale Health Service
233
234
233
229
230
232
233
233
232
242
241
242
Bentley Health Service
229
231
231
231
231
233
225
218
219
221
220
222
Kalamunda Hospital
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
Other EMHS Mental Health Facilities
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Royal Perth Hospital
523
524
530
518
518
512
514
520
526
522
529
535
St John of God Midland Hospital
265
268
275
286
277
270
278
279
282
274
272
278
(d) Child and Adolescent Health Service
(i) Average number of daily active beds
2024
2025
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
King Edward Memorial Hospital
100
92
100
100
97
96
99
100
100
101
101
107
Perth Children's Hospital
225
228
227
228
228
225
228
228
229
223
226
226
(e) WA Country Health Service
Small regional hospitals often have different types of beds to best support the needs of regional patients, the concept of an active bed does not apply.
(a) – (e) (ii) Bed audits to determine bed inventory are not undertaken daily.
(a) – (e) (iii) Access block is not reported by the Department of Health. The Department ceased reporting access block in 2015/16.
(i) Average number of daily active beds
2024
2025
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Graylands Hospital
121
121
124
126
126
125
125
123
125
125
126
126
Joondalup Health Campus
473
473
473
473
473
462
466
473
473
473
474
479
King Edward Memorial Hospital
97
96
98
100
100
100
100
100
100
101
101
99
Osborne Park Hospital
191
186
184
178
180
175
178
181
179
178
183
181
Other NMHS Mental Health Facilities
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
86
87
87
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
592
591
589
592
589
579
584
589
584
581
588
591
(b) South Metropolitan Health Service
(i) Average number of daily active beds
2024
2025
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Fiona Stanley Hospital
715
725
750
783
794
812
835
845
845
843
847
852
Fremantle Hospital
303
303
305
304
303
289
292
305
307
307
308
312
Murray District Hospital
17
18
16
15
15
17
17
17
17
17
15
16
Peel Health Campus
132
132
133
134
134
134
134
134
134
134
134
Rockingham General Hospital
236
236
236
236
236
236
238
242
242
242
242
242
* Data for Peel Health Campus is not available prior to its transition to Government operation in August 2024.
(c) East Metropolitan Health Service
(i) Average number of daily active beds
2024
2025
EMHS
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Armadale Health Service
233
234
233
229
230
232
233
233
232
242
241
242
Bentley Health Service
229
231
231
231
231
233
225
218
219
221
220
222
Kalamunda Hospital
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
Other EMHS Mental Health Facilities
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Royal Perth Hospital
523
524
530
518
518
512
514
520
526
522
529
535
St John of God Midland Hospital
265
268
275
286
277
270
278
279
282
274
272
278
(d) Child and Adolescent Health Service
(i) Average number of daily active beds
2024
2025
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
King Edward Memorial Hospital
100
92
100
100
97
96
99
100
100
101
101
107
Perth Children's Hospital
225
228
227
228
228
225
228
228
229
223
226
226
(e) WA Country Health Service
Small regional hospitals often have different types of beds to best support the needs of regional patients, the concept of an active bed does not apply.
(a) – (e) (ii) Bed audits to determine bed inventory are not undertaken daily.
(a) – (e) (iii) Access block is not reported by the Department of Health. The Department ceased reporting access block in 2015/16.
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