Certification of Key Performance Indicators
East Metropolitan Health Service
Certification of Key Performance Indicators for the year ended 30 June 2026
We hereby certify that the key performance indicators are based on proper records, are relevant and appropriate for assisting users to assess East Metropolitan Health Service’s performance and fairly represent the performance of the health service for the financial year ended 30 June 2026.
Sally Carbon OAM
Board Chair
East Metropolitan Health Service
11 September 2026
Melissa Grove
Chair, EMHS Audit and Risk Committee
East Metropolitan Health Service
11 September 2026
KPIs
Outcomes
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) assist East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) to assess and monitor achievement of the following Department of Health outcomes.
Outcome one:
Public hospital-based services that enable effective treatment and restorative healthcare for Western Australians.
Outcome two:
Prevention, health promotion and aged and continuing care services that help Western Australians to live healthy and safe lives.
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Introduction
EMHS remains committed to delivering safe, high-quality care with robust processes in place to identify variations in care and outcomes, fostering system-wide learning, improving service delivery, and driving clinical improvement. The health service continues to focus on improving efficiency and sustainability without compromising the safety and wellbeing of patients and the workforce.
Overall, the 2025-26 Key Performance Indicators reflect the impact of the workforce growth required to meet this service demand and the associated workforce-related costs.
The methodology used to calculate the KPIs has also been revised for 2025-26, using an Activity Based Costing approach as the basis of the financial calculations.