❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number of nurses undertaking double shifts in Perth metropolitan and regional hospitals between April and September 2025. The response provides a breakdown of double shifts by Health Service Provider and month.
AnsweredQoN 981Legislative Assembly
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(1) How many nurses employed at hospital sites across the Perth metropolitan area undertook double shifts in the months of April, May, June, July, August and September 2025, including a breakdown by location? (2) How many double shifts in total were undertaken by nurses at hospital sites across the Perth metropolitan area in April, May, June, July, August and September 2025, with a breakdown by location? (3) How many nurses employed at hospital sites across the regional health areas undertook double shifts in the months of April, May, June, July, August and September 2025, including a breakdown by location? (4) How many double shifts in total were undertaken by nurses at hospital sites across the regional health areas in April, May, June, July, August and September 2025 with a breakdown by location?
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Answered
16 December 2025
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
A double shift occurs when an employee works two consecutive standard working hour shifts, with a break between the two shifts.
Consistent with the WA Health Australian Nursing Federation - Registered Nurses, Midwives, Enrolled (Mental Health) And Enrolled (Mothercraft) Nurses - Industrial Agreement 2024. The ordinary hours worked in any one day will be a maximum of eight hours unless an agreement to vary the hours and roster has been made in accordance with Clause 28 – Flexibility in Hours and Rostering of the above Agreement.
(1)
Health Service Provider
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Child and Adolescent Health Service
13
25
44
70
61
87
East Metropolitan Health Service
13
15
16
27
23
16
Health Support Services
8
6
12
12
14
9
North Metropolitan Health Service
109
109
123
160
151
180
South Metropolitan Health Service
113
152
135
151
148
162
(2)
Health Service Provider
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Child and Adolescent Health Service
13
28
45
77
67
98
East Metropolitan Health Service
14
20
16
27
30
17
Health Support Services
9
8
12
16
16
10
North Metropolitan Health Service
119
118
137
183
171
195
South Metropolitan Health Service
122
168
146
168
174
183
(3)
Health Service Provider
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
CH CO WACHS Central Office
1
1
0
1
0
0
CH Goldfields
8
12
18
30
23
21
CH Great Southern
15
32
34
38
29
20
CH Kimberley
6
4
11
15
17
15
CH Midwest
52
28
45
55
47
42
CH Pilbara
7
6
13
10
16
13
CH Southwest
21
27
38
43
34
31
CH Wheatbelt
11
18
12
9
13
3
(4)
Health Service Provider
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
CH CO WACHS Central Office
1
1
0
1
0
0
CH Goldfields
8
14
18
33
29
26
CH Great Southern
15
41
52
58
35
23
CH Kimberley
6
4
11
15
18
20
CH Midwest
68
36
49
66
58
48
CH Pilbara
7
6
14
11
19
13
CH Southwest
22
35
43
46
38
40
CH Wheatbelt
14
21
14
15
21
3
Consistent with the WA Health Australian Nursing Federation - Registered Nurses, Midwives, Enrolled (Mental Health) And Enrolled (Mothercraft) Nurses - Industrial Agreement 2024. The ordinary hours worked in any one day will be a maximum of eight hours unless an agreement to vary the hours and roster has been made in accordance with Clause 28 – Flexibility in Hours and Rostering of the above Agreement.
(1)
Health Service Provider
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Child and Adolescent Health Service
13
25
44
70
61
87
East Metropolitan Health Service
13
15
16
27
23
16
Health Support Services
8
6
12
12
14
9
North Metropolitan Health Service
109
109
123
160
151
180
South Metropolitan Health Service
113
152
135
151
148
162
(2)
Health Service Provider
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Child and Adolescent Health Service
13
28
45
77
67
98
East Metropolitan Health Service
14
20
16
27
30
17
Health Support Services
9
8
12
16
16
10
North Metropolitan Health Service
119
118
137
183
171
195
South Metropolitan Health Service
122
168
146
168
174
183
(3)
Health Service Provider
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
CH CO WACHS Central Office
1
1
0
1
0
0
CH Goldfields
8
12
18
30
23
21
CH Great Southern
15
32
34
38
29
20
CH Kimberley
6
4
11
15
17
15
CH Midwest
52
28
45
55
47
42
CH Pilbara
7
6
13
10
16
13
CH Southwest
21
27
38
43
34
31
CH Wheatbelt
11
18
12
9
13
3
(4)
Health Service Provider
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
CH CO WACHS Central Office
1
1
0
1
0
0
CH Goldfields
8
14
18
33
29
26
CH Great Southern
15
41
52
58
35
23
CH Kimberley
6
4
11
15
18
20
CH Midwest
68
36
49
66
58
48
CH Pilbara
7
6
14
11
19
13
CH Southwest
22
35
43
46
38
40
CH Wheatbelt
14
21
14
15
21
3
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