Scar revision waiting time at Bentley Health Service
Half of patients at Bentley Health Service waited 171 days or less for scar revision in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the St James 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
- 171 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 29 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 475 days in 2023–24 to 171 days in 2024–25 — down 64% — while the national median fell from 103 days to 83 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fiona Stanley Hospital, about 10 km away, at 123 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Health Service | 171 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 155 days | 20.1% | 164 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 83 days | 9.5% | 1239 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 83 days marks the national median.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 8 km away: 255 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 10 km away: 123 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 11 km away: 152 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 11 km away: 241 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 18 km away: 140 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bentley Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bentley Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 86 | 65 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 78 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 77 | 73 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 64 | 83 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 98 | 84 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 103 | 121 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 141 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 475 | 164 | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 171 | 155 | 83 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Bentley Health Service · Scar revision across Australia · Scar revision in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia