Legislative Council

Tuesday 12 August 2025

Hospitals—Code yellow alerts

499. Hon Phil Twiss to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:

I refer to the code yellow alert system in WA hospitals.

(1) By month, how many code yellows were initiated in WA hospitals, including those run by private operators, from April 2025 to date?

(2) For each month from April 2025 to date, what is the breakdown by hospital of all code yellows initiated?

(3) What was the reason for the code yellows, and what area of the affected hospitals were impacted?

Hon Pierre Yang replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I provide the following on behalf of the Minister for Health.

(1)–(3) The information the honourable member is requesting is not available in the limited timeframe. Can the member please put this question on notice?