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.
Last Updated:
18/09/2023