NSW Emergency-Department Waiting — data review

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Key findings

The daily rhythm — hour of day × day of week

Per-hospital normalised index (each hospital's own average = 100). Darker = busier. Local Sydney time.

quiet (~35) busy (~160)

Hour of day — weekday vs weekend

Index vs each hospital's own average. 100 = typical. Weekday peaks are sharper and hold later.

Weekday (Mon–Fri) Weekend (Sat–Sun)

Day of week

Index vs own average. Monday is busiest; the week decays into a quiet weekend.

Public holidays are the quietest days of all

Average index by day type. Public holidays sit below even weekends.

Trend over time — the August winter surge

Weekly (line) and monthly (dashed refs) index. Flat all year, then climbing from late July.