Plastic surgery in Western Australia
Plastic 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: 16.
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
- 33 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Median wait, Australia
- 26 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Western Australia
- 5.6%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 4.8%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Western Australia
- 8,551 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 67,252 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karratha Health Campus | 1 dayRank 1st of 110 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 98 nationally | 51 surgeries |
| St John of God Midland Public Hospital | 9 daysRank 6th of 110 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 98 nationally | 190 surgeries |
| Peel Health Campus | 17 daysRank 19th of 110 nationally | 0.3%Rank 26th of 98 nationally | 302 surgeries |
| Joondalup Health Campus (Public) | 23 daysRank 33rd of 110 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 98 nationally | 622 surgeries |
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 24 daysRank 38th of 110 nationally | 9.1%Rank 86th of 98 nationally | 1,635 surgeries |
| Fiona Stanley Hospital | 29 daysRank 54th of 110 nationally | 8.4%Rank 82nd of 98 nationally | 1,434 surgeries |
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 30 daysRank 57th of 110 nationally | 5.8%Rank 69th of 98 nationally | 1,215 surgeries |
| Busselton Health Campus | 32 daysRank 60th of 110 nationally | 10.9%Rank 89th of 98 nationally | 119 surgeries |
| Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital | 34 daysRank 63rd of 110 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 98 nationally | 135 surgeries |
| Bentley Health Service | 35 daysRank 66th of 110 nationally | 3.6%Rank 55th of 98 nationally | 776 surgeries |
| Osborne Park Hospital | 35 daysRank 66th of 110 nationally | 1.6%Rank 39th of 98 nationally | 554 surgeries |
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | 55 daysRank 83rd of 110 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 13 surgeries |
| Rockingham General Hospital | 72 daysRank 95th of 110 nationally | 3.5%Rank 53rd of 98 nationally | 684 surgeries |
| Albany Hospital | 90 daysRank 98th of 110 nationally | 5.7%Rank 68th of 98 nationally | 194 surgeries |
| Perth Children's Hospital | 95 daysRank 101st of 110 nationally | 9.0%Rank 85th of 98 nationally | 577 surgeries |
| Bunbury Hospital | 239 daysRank 108th of 110 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 11 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
Show the figures as a table
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| Financial year | Australia | Western Australia |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 24 days | 26 days |
| 2012–13 | 24 days | 24 days |
| 2013–14 | 25 days | 20 days |
| 2014–15 | 23 days | 22 days |
| 2015–16 | 27 days | 31 days |
| 2016–17 | 27 days | 34 days |
| 2017–18 | 27 days | 38 days |
| 2018–19 | 26 days | 35 days |
| 2019–20 | 23 days | 27 days |
| 2020–21 | 24 days | 28 days |
| 2021–22 | 22 days | 27 days |
| 2022–23 | 25 days | 33 days |
| 2023–24 | 26 days | 32 days |
| 2024–25 | 26 days | 33 days |
All of Australia: Plastic 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
Surgery Waits is not medical advice. Your general practitioner and your treating specialist can help you decide what is right for you.
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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/