TranslateSeen within time
Emergency department triage categories:
Category 1: Immediately life-threatening (100% to be seen immediately). For reporting purposes nationally, a Category 1 patient is considered to be seen within time if the waiting time to commencement of clinical care was less than or equal to two minutes.
Category 2: Imminently life-threatening, important time-critical treatment or very severe pain (80% to be seen within ten minutes).
Category 3: Potentially life-threatening, situational urgency or severe discomfort or distress (75% to be seen within 30 minutes).
Category 4: Potentially serious symptoms, situational urgency, significant complexity or severity, discomfort or distress (70% to be seen within 60 minutes).
Category 5: Less urgent or clinical and administrative problems (70% to be seen within 120 minutes).
Statistics on this page are reported by day of departure from an emergency department.
Data may vary from that previously published due to data reporting practices.
Seen within time
The percentage of emergency department patients in each triage category whose medical assessment and treatment commenced within the clinically recommended time.
*All Category 1 ED patients in December 2024 were seen within the clinically recommended time. This data is published on a monthly basis following review to ensure accuracy.
Major hospitals
Day | Categories 1 to 5 (%)* | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) | Category 4 (%) | Category 5 (%) |
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
Day | Categories 1 to 5 (%)* | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) | Category 4 (%) | Category 5 (%) |
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
Day | Categories 1 to 5 (%)* | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) | Category 4 (%) | Category 5 (%) |
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North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
Day | Categories 1 to 5 (%)* | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) | Category 4 (%) | Category 5 (%) |
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
Day | Categories 1 to 5 (%)* | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) | Category 4 (%) | Category 5 (%) |
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Median time waited
The number of minutes within which 50 per cent of emergency department patients were assessed and their treatment commenced.
Learn about the average waiting time for non-critical cases over the last two hours in Tasmania’s four public emergency departments.
Data on the timeliness of treatment of triage category 1 patients is available only after completion of a monthly review process. All triage category 1 patients who departed an emergency department in December 2024 were seen within the clinically recommended time.
Major hospitals
Day | Categories 1 to 5 (minutes) | Category 2 (minutes) | Category 3 (minutes) | Category 4 (minutes) | Category 5 (minutes) |
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
Day | Categories 1 to 5 (minutes) | Category 2 (minutes) | Category 3 (minutes) | Category 4 (minutes) | Category 5 (minutes) |
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
Day | Categories 1 to 5 (minutes) | Category 2 (minutes) | Category 3 (minutes) | Category 4 (minutes) | Category 5 (minutes) |
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North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
Day | Categories 1 to 5 (minutes) | Category 2 (minutes) | Category 3 (minutes) | Category 4 (minutes) | Category 5 (minutes) |
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
Day | Categories 1 to 5 (minutes) | Category 2 (minutes) | Category 3 (minutes) | Category 4 (minutes) | Category 5 (minutes) |
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