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❓ Libby Mettam asks the Health Minister for detailed data on bed availability and access block across all WA public hospitals for the 2022-23 financial year, referencing a previous question on the same topic. The answer refers to another QON.

AnsweredQoN 483Legislative Assembly

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19 August 2025

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Ms Libby Mettam

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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 2022-23 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 2022-2023 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 2022-2023 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 2022-2023 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 2022-2023 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?