Womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) waiting time at Albany Hospital
Half of patients at Albany Hospital waited 161 days or less for womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Endometrial ablation". This public hospital is in the Spencer Park area of Western Australia.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 161 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St John of God Midland Public Hospital, about 388 km away, at 102 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Hospital | 161 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 62 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 4.9% | 878 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 388 km away: 102 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 413 km away: 38 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Albany Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Albany Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 42 | 54 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 48 | 59 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 57 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 57 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 70 | 82 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 84 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 74 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 161 | not published | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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