Health care snapshot

In 2022–23, SMHS staff provided the following care and treatment across our community:

• Our emergency departments treated 216,214 emergency presentations. Of these:
  • 48,469 were children
  • 18,794 was the highest number of patients seen in one month
  • 363 patients were seen in just one day at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
• 5,766 babies were born during the year, including 90 multiple births. One on day 22 babies were born at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
• We treated 172,748 inpatients and 3,437 mental health inpatients.
• Our surgical teams performed more than 61,661 surgeries.
• 897,268 outpatient appointments were delivered, including 289,047 delivered digitally or by telephone.
• Our intensive care teams treated 3,215 admissions.
• The lives of 137 patients were changed by receiving a transplant:
  • 15 heart transplants
  • 13 lung transplants
  • 1 heart and lung transplant
  • 38 kidney transplants
  • 70 bone marrow transplants.
• 77,645 outpatient clinical home visits were delivered.
• 159,765 community-based mental health engagements were delivered.
• 7,869 patients received care in home by the REACH service through 116,443 appointments.

Read our Annual Report to learn more about the scope of our services.