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Western Australia: Category 1, urgent

Surgery in category 1, urgent, is recommended within 30 days of joining the waiting list. In Western Australia, 29 public hospitals published a share treated on time in 2024–25.

Your treating specialist assigns the category after assessing you. The recommended time is a target.

Hospitals in Western Australia

The highest share treated within the recommended time comes first. A hospital with no published share 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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Category 1, urgent: public hospitals in Western Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalTreated within the recommended timeMedian waitPatients treated
Collie Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally5 daysRank 8th of 234 nationally10 surgeries
Hedland Health Campus99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally5 daysRank 8th of 234 nationally137 surgeries
Albany Hospital98%Rank 124th of 234 nationally23 daysRank 215th of 234 nationally985 surgeries
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)97%Rank 134th of 234 nationally12 daysRank 73rd of 234 nationally1,030 surgeries
Bunbury Hospital96%Rank 139th of 234 nationally11 daysRank 64th of 234 nationally527 surgeries
Katanning Hospital96%Rank 139th of 234 nationally16 daysRank 147th of 234 nationally22 surgeries
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital95%Rank 144th of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally403 surgeries
Esperance Hospital95%Rank 144th of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally63 surgeries
Narrogin Hospital95%Rank 144th of 234 nationally18 daysRank 167th of 234 nationally56 surgeries
St John of God Midland Public Hospital95%Rank 144th of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally658 surgeries
Geraldton Hospital94%Rank 152nd of 234 nationally10 daysRank 56th of 234 nationally932 surgeries
Karratha Health Campus94%Rank 152nd of 234 nationally10 daysRank 56th of 234 nationally109 surgeries
King Edward Memorial Hospital93%Rank 157th of 234 nationally4 daysRank 6th of 234 nationally1,599 surgeries
Peel Health Campus93%Rank 157th of 234 nationally8 daysRank 29th of 234 nationally751 surgeries
Kalgoorlie Health Campus92%Rank 168th of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally108 surgeries
Perth Children's Hospital92%Rank 168th of 234 nationally12 daysRank 73rd of 234 nationally1,123 surgeries
Busselton Health Campus91%Rank 175th of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally330 surgeries
Northam Hospital91%Rank 175th of 234 nationally12 daysRank 73rd of 234 nationally11 surgeries
Derby Hospital90%Rank 181st of 234 nationally3 daysRank 4th of 234 nationally31 surgeries
Broome Hospital89%Rank 184th of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally113 surgeries
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus87%Rank 191st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally4,589 surgeries
Kununurra Hospital85%Rank 196th of 234 nationally8 daysRank 29th of 234 nationally39 surgeries
Bentley Health Service82%Rank 200th of 234 nationally22 daysRank 208th of 234 nationally978 surgeries
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital82%Rank 200th of 234 nationally15 daysRank 131st of 234 nationally4,528 surgeries
Fiona Stanley Hospital77%Rank 208th of 234 nationally16 daysRank 147th of 234 nationally5,354 surgeries
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service75%Rank 212th of 234 nationally22 daysRank 208th of 234 nationally1,416 surgeries
Osborne Park Hospital54%Rank 231st of 234 nationally28 daysRank 230th of 234 nationally1,097 surgeries
Carnarvon Hospital48%Rank 232nd of 234 nationally34 daysRank 233rd of 234 nationally56 surgeries
Rockingham General Hospital42%Rank 234th of 234 nationally40 daysRank 234th of 234 nationally1,042 surgeries
Bridgetown Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure5 surgeries
Margaret River Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Merredin Hospitalnot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reported
Warren Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients

All of Australia: Category 1, urgent

Western Australia: planned surgery waiting times

Other urgency categories

Each link opens the same figures for one of the other two categories.

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.

In an emergency, call 000.

Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, 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, elective surgery waiting times data 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-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
  • 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/