--- title: "Broome Hospital surgery waiting times" description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at Broome Hospital, a public hospital in the Broome area of Western Australia, for 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/" --- # Broome Hospital surgery waiting times In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Broome area of Western Australia published median waits from **1 day** for dialysis access surgery to **277 days** for tonsillectomy. Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. Broome Hospital is a public hospital in the Broome area of Western Australia. It is part of [WA Country Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/wa-country-health-service/). It reported 43 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 28 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. ## Waiting times by surgery Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one. Planned surgery at Broome Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Dialysis access surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 1 day | 26 surgeries | not published | | [Curettage and evacuation of uterus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/curettage-and-evacuation-of-uterus/) | 12 days | 49 surgeries | not published | | [Skin lesion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | 29 days | 46 surgeries | not published | | [Laparoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/laparoscopy/) | 64 days | 15 surgeries | not published | | [Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/myringotomy-without-insertion-of-grommets/) | 78 days | 19 surgeries | not published | | [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) | 82 days | 23 surgeries | not published | | [Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/vitrectomy-including-buckling-cryotherapy/) | 82 days | 21 surgeries | not published | | [Myringotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/myringotomy/) | 102 days | 22 surgeries | not published | | [Arthroscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/arthroscopy/) | 106 days | 11 surgeries | not published | | [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/circumcision/) | 109 days | 20 surgeries | not published | | [Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/hysterectomy/) | 112 days | 10 surgeries | not published | | [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | 113 days | 35 surgeries | not published | | [Herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/hernia-repair/) | 145 days | 16 surgeries | not published | | [Pterygium - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/pterygium-excision-of/) | 238 days | 27 surgeries | not published | | [Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/cataract-surgery/) | 269 days | 146 surgeries | 24.0% | | [Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 277 days | 24 surgeries | not published | | [Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/acromioplasty-arthroscopy-shoulder-sub-acromial-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Adenoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/adenoidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Bartholin's cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/bartholins-cyst-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Blepharoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/blepharoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/bunion-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Carpal tunnel release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published | | [Cone biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/cone-biopsy/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Ectropion - correction of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/ectropion-correction-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Endometrial ablation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/endometrial-ablation/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Female sterilisation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/female-sterilisation/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Ganglion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Haemorrhoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published | | [Hydrocele - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/lletz-procedure/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published | | [Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Pilonidal sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/pilonidal-sinus-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/grommets/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/squint-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Rotator cuff - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/rotator-cuff-repair/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Septoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/septoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Shoulder reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/shoulder-reconstruction/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/toenail-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Trigger finger/thumb release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published | | [Turbinectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | **Not reported for this period** | Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported | | | | Arthrodesis last reported 2022–23 | not reported | | | | Axillary node dissection last reported 2018–19 | not reported | | | | Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2023–24 | not reported | | | | Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection last reported 2021–22 | not reported | | | | Common peroneal nerve release last reported 2018–19 | not reported | | | | Cystoscopy last reported 2020–21 | not reported | | | | Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2020–21 | not reported | | | | Dupytren's contracture release last reported 2021–22 | not reported | | | | Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported | | | | Exostosis - excision of last reported 2021–22 | not reported | | | | Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of last reported 2018–19 | not reported | | | | Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage last reported 2021–22 | not reported | | | | Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2019–20 | not reported | | | | Mastectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported | | | | Meniscectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported | | | | Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2023–24 | not reported | | | | Muscle or tendon length - change of last reported 2020–21 | not reported | | | | Orchidopexy last reported 2021–22 | not reported | | | | Osteotomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported | | | | Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2021–22 | not reported | | | | Ptosis - repair of last reported 2018–19 | not reported | | | | Scar revision last reported 2019–20 | not reported | | | | Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2018–19 | not reported | | | | Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2020–21 | not reported | | | | Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2019–20 | not reported | | | | Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2023–24 | not reported | | | | Varicose veins treatment last reported 2020–21 | not reported | | | ## Urgency categories Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. [What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/) All planned surgery at Broome Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25. | Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/wa/) | 9 days | 89% | 113 surgeries | | [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/wa/) | 78 days | 61% | 222 surgeries | | [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/wa/) | 208 days | 83% | 376 surgeries | **Cite this page** > In 2024–25, Broome Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 1 day for dialysis access surgery to 277 days for tonsillectomy (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Broome Hospital surgery wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. [How these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/) · [All surgery waits in Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/state/wa/) · [All hospitals](https://surgerywaits.au/hospitals/) ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. 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