Emergency Department Wait Times
Tracks emergency department performance across Australian public hospitals — specifically the percentage of ED presentations completed (admitted, referred, or discharged) within 4 hours. A key measure of ED efficiency and accessibility, reported annually by AIHW. Date is the last day of the financial year (June 30). Higher values are better.
ED Presentations Completed Within 4 Hours (%)
Change per government term
— green = improvement, red = worsening
Data
| Date | Presentations completed within 4 hours (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 54 |
| 2024-06-30 | 55 |
| 2023-06-30 | 56 |
| 2022-06-30 | 61 |
| 2021-06-30 | 65 |
| 2020-06-30 | 69 |
| 2019-06-30 | 69 |
| 2018-06-30 | 70 |
| 2017-06-30 | 71 |
| 2016-06-30 | 72 |
| 2015-06-30 | 73 |
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