❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice seeks data on ambulance resources, dispatch rates, patient transfers, and ministerial visits to hospitals in the Mid-West region. The answer provides detailed breakdowns by location and date.
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(1) Outline the number of ambulances located in the Mid-West per town? (2) Outline the number of ambulance dispatched calls per region during October 2025? (3) How many patient transfers were made from regional hospitals in the Mid-West to Perth hospitals, per location, in the last financial year? (4) Outline all the regional hospital visits made by the Minister for Health, specified by name of hospital and frequency of visits?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
17 February 2026
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
4 days
(1) St John Ambulance WA (SJWA) are contracted to provide ambulance services from Midwest subcentres. The table below provides a summary of fully equipped ambulances by country subcentre location as reported by SJWA in October 2025.
Carnarvon:
3
Chapman Valley:
1
Coral Bay:
1
Cue:
2
Exmouth:
2
Geraldton:
8
Green head:
1
Irwin Districts:
3
Kalbarri:
4
Leeman:
1
Meekatharra:
2
Morawa:
2
Mount Magnet:
1
Mullewa:
2
North Midlands: (Dongara, Mingenew, Three Springs, Carnamah)
5
Northampton:
2
Perenjori:
2
Sandstone:
1
Shark Bay:
3
Yalgoo:
1
(2) The table below presents the ambulance case volume in October 2025 by region as reported by SJWA.
Kimberley:
546
Pilbara:
548
Midwest:
565
Goldfields:
568
Wheatbelt:
682
South West:
1834
Great Southern:
513
TOTAL
5256
(3) Regional Interhospital Patient Transfer from WA Country Health Service (WACHS) sites within the Midwest to Metropolitan Perth during FY24/25 as referred through the WACHS Acute Patient Transfer Coordination.
Abrolhos
<5
Burringurrah
15
Carnarvon
304
Coral Bay
7
Cue
<5
Dongara
6
Eneabba
<5
Exmouth
150
Geraldton
909
Kalbarri
23
Leeman
<5
Meekatharra
59
Morawa/Perenjori
24
Mt Magnet
45
Mullewa
6
Shark Bay/ Denham
37
SJoG – Geraldton
13
Three Spring /North Midlands
28
Wiluna
<5
Yalgoo
<5
TOTAL
1,638
(4) Please refer to table below for visits made by the Minister for Health between 1 April 2025 to 9 February 2026.
Minister
Date
Region
Site
Purpose
Hon. Meredith Hammat MLA; Minister for Health and Mental Health
15/05/2025
Goldfields
Kalgoorlie Health Campus, Step Up Step Down, Renal Hostel
Site Tour
10/06/2025
Pilbara
Roebourne Hospital, Karratha Health Campus
Site Tour
15/07/2025
Midwest
Geraldton Health Campus, Step Up Step Down
Site Tour
23/07/2025 & 24/07/2025
Kimberley
Broome Hospital
Site Tour
30/07/2025
Great Southern
Albany Health Campus, Step Up Step Down, Great Southern Aboriginal Health Service
Site Tour
1/09/2025
South West
Bunbury Hospital, Step Up Step Down
Site Tour
29/10/2025 & 30/10/2025
Kimberley
Lombadina and One Arm Point Remote Nursing Posts
Site Tour
15/01/2026
Great Southern
Gnowangerup Hospital and Katanning Hospital
Site Tour
16/01/2026
Goldfields
Esperance Health Campus
Site Tour
22/01/2026
Wheatbelt
Northam Hospital
Site Tour
6/02/2026
Kimberley
Derby Hospital
Site Tour
9/02/2026
South West
Collie Hospital
Site Tour
Carnarvon:
3
Chapman Valley:
1
Coral Bay:
1
Cue:
2
Exmouth:
2
Geraldton:
8
Green head:
1
Irwin Districts:
3
Kalbarri:
4
Leeman:
1
Meekatharra:
2
Morawa:
2
Mount Magnet:
1
Mullewa:
2
North Midlands: (Dongara, Mingenew, Three Springs, Carnamah)
5
Northampton:
2
Perenjori:
2
Sandstone:
1
Shark Bay:
3
Yalgoo:
1
(2) The table below presents the ambulance case volume in October 2025 by region as reported by SJWA.
Kimberley:
546
Pilbara:
548
Midwest:
565
Goldfields:
568
Wheatbelt:
682
South West:
1834
Great Southern:
513
TOTAL
5256
(3) Regional Interhospital Patient Transfer from WA Country Health Service (WACHS) sites within the Midwest to Metropolitan Perth during FY24/25 as referred through the WACHS Acute Patient Transfer Coordination.
Abrolhos
<5
Burringurrah
15
Carnarvon
304
Coral Bay
7
Cue
<5
Dongara
6
Eneabba
<5
Exmouth
150
Geraldton
909
Kalbarri
23
Leeman
<5
Meekatharra
59
Morawa/Perenjori
24
Mt Magnet
45
Mullewa
6
Shark Bay/ Denham
37
SJoG – Geraldton
13
Three Spring /North Midlands
28
Wiluna
<5
Yalgoo
<5
TOTAL
1,638
(4) Please refer to table below for visits made by the Minister for Health between 1 April 2025 to 9 February 2026.
Minister
Date
Region
Site
Purpose
Hon. Meredith Hammat MLA; Minister for Health and Mental Health
15/05/2025
Goldfields
Kalgoorlie Health Campus, Step Up Step Down, Renal Hostel
Site Tour
10/06/2025
Pilbara
Roebourne Hospital, Karratha Health Campus
Site Tour
15/07/2025
Midwest
Geraldton Health Campus, Step Up Step Down
Site Tour
23/07/2025 & 24/07/2025
Kimberley
Broome Hospital
Site Tour
30/07/2025
Great Southern
Albany Health Campus, Step Up Step Down, Great Southern Aboriginal Health Service
Site Tour
1/09/2025
South West
Bunbury Hospital, Step Up Step Down
Site Tour
29/10/2025 & 30/10/2025
Kimberley
Lombadina and One Arm Point Remote Nursing Posts
Site Tour
15/01/2026
Great Southern
Gnowangerup Hospital and Katanning Hospital
Site Tour
16/01/2026
Goldfields
Esperance Health Campus
Site Tour
22/01/2026
Wheatbelt
Northam Hospital
Site Tour
6/02/2026
Kimberley
Derby Hospital
Site Tour
9/02/2026
South West
Collie Hospital
Site Tour
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