Health care snapshot

In 2023-24, SMHS staff provided the following care and treatment across our community:

• Our emergency departments treated 221,120 emergency presentations. Of these:
  • 46,403 were children
  • 19,126 was the highest number of patients seen in one month
  • 365 patients were seen in just one day at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
• 5,802 babies were born during the year, including 138 multiple births. One on day, 18 babies were born at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
• We treated 185,126 inpatients and 2,862 mental health inpatients.
• Our surgical teams performed more than 60,000 surgeries.
• 981,921 outpatient appointments were delivered, including 277,064 delivered digitally or by telephone.
• Our intensive care teams treated 3,878 admissions.
• The lives of 175 patients were changed by receiving a transplant:
  • 15 heart transplants
  • 19 lung transplants
  • 1 heart and lung transplant
  • 39 kidney transplants
  • 101 bone marrow transplants.
• 79,437 outpatient clinical home visits were delivered.
• 171,167 community-based mental health engagements were delivered.
• 15,865 patients received care in home by the Community Services through 127,929 appointments.

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