Orthopaedic surgery in Western Australia
Orthopaedic surgery in Western Australia: planned surgery waiting times at public hospitals, with the national figures beside them. Public hospitals in Western Australia that published a median wait in 2024–25: 26.
A specialty covers many operations. Its figures describe all the patients treated under the specialty, and say nothing about one operation.
Figures for Western Australia
Each tile shows the state figure and the national figure for the same measure. A state figure is never ranked.
- Median wait, Western Australia
- 89 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Median wait, Australia
- 86 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Western Australia
- 8.1%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 10.8%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Western Australia
- 11,920 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 103,750 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Hospitals in Western Australia
The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.
A rank compares a hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.
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| Hospital | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedland Health Campus | 29 daysRank 14th of 177 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 19 surgeries |
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 31 daysRank 16th of 177 nationally | 12.1%Rank 109th of 162 nationally | 1,602 surgeries |
| Derby Hospital | 42 daysRank 26th of 177 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 21 surgeries |
| Katanning Hospital | 43 daysRank 30th of 177 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 12 surgeries |
| Peel Health Campus | 47 daysRank 32nd of 177 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 162 nationally | 463 surgeries |
| Kalgoorlie Health Campus | 54 daysRank 41st of 177 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 162 nationally | 77 surgeries |
| Karratha Health Campus | 57 daysRank 45th of 177 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 26 surgeries |
| Merredin Hospital | 62 daysRank 48th of 177 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 14 surgeries |
| Bentley Health Service | 66 daysRank 54th of 177 nationally | 2.5%Rank 51st of 162 nationally | 605 surgeries |
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | 70 daysRank 62nd of 177 nationally | 1.7%Rank 45th of 162 nationally | 1,848 surgeries |
| Perth Children's Hospital | 95 daysRank 94th of 177 nationally | 10.2%Rank 104th of 162 nationally | 693 surgeries |
| Joondalup Health Campus (Public) | 97 daysRank 96th of 177 nationally | 3.1%Rank 56th of 162 nationally | 1,304 surgeries |
| Fiona Stanley Hospital | 100 daysRank 98th of 177 nationally | 2.1%Rank 50th of 162 nationally | 143 surgeries |
| Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital | 103 daysRank 100th of 177 nationally | 0.3%Rank 27th of 162 nationally | 913 surgeries |
| Rockingham General Hospital | 105 daysRank 105th of 177 nationally | 7.2%Rank 82nd of 162 nationally | 596 surgeries |
| Geraldton Hospital | 109 daysRank 111th of 177 nationally | 6.9%Rank 79th of 162 nationally | 480 surgeries |
| Osborne Park Hospital | 111 daysRank 113th of 177 nationally | 8.0%Rank 85th of 162 nationally | 440 surgeries |
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 124 daysRank 119th of 177 nationally | 16.4%Rank 129th of 162 nationally | 992 surgeries |
| Bunbury Hospital | 125 daysRank 120th of 177 nationally | 16.2%Rank 127th of 162 nationally | 383 surgeries |
| Narrogin Hospital | 128 daysRank 123rd of 177 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 22 surgeries |
| Broome Hospital | 133 daysRank 126th of 177 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 34 surgeries |
| Busselton Health Campus | 137 daysRank 128th of 177 nationally | 18.5%Rank 132nd of 162 nationally | 437 surgeries |
| Esperance Hospital | 139 daysRank 130th of 177 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 162 nationally | 65 surgeries |
| Kununurra Hospital | 147 daysRank 134th of 177 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 20 surgeries |
| Albany Hospital | 157 daysRank 137th of 177 nationally | 21.9%Rank 139th of 162 nationally | 292 surgeries |
| St John of God Midland Public Hospital | 264 daysRank 161st of 177 nationally | 34.5%Rank 156th of 162 nationally | 359 surgeries |
| Northam Hospital | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 7 surgeries |
How waits have changed
Each chart shows one figure for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.
The charts show Australia and Western Australia.
- Australia
- Western Australia
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| Financial year | Australia | Western Australia |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 63 days | 48 days |
| 2012–13 | 65 days | 55 days |
| 2013–14 | 66 days | 51 days |
| 2014–15 | 64 days | 52 days |
| 2015–16 | 67 days | 56 days |
| 2016–17 | 69 days | 58 days |
| 2017–18 | 73 days | 65 days |
| 2018–19 | 77 days | 71 days |
| 2019–20 | 76 days | 70 days |
| 2020–21 | 93 days | 85 days |
| 2021–22 | 84 days | 91 days |
| 2022–23 | 101 days | 105 days |
| 2023–24 | 90 days | 90 days |
| 2024–25 | 86 days | 89 days |
All of Australia: Orthopaedic surgery
Other states and territories
The same surgery in each state or territory with hospital figures.
What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
Before you use these figures
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Where this data comes from
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/