Surgery Waits

Arthroscopy waiting time at Bunbury Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the College Grove area of Western Australia was 92 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
92 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
3.8%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 87 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2016–17 to 92 days in 2024–25 — up 229% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 93 km away, at 27 days. Here, 3.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Bunbury Hospital92 days3.8%52 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)75 days5.1%1045 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)78 days7.1%8779 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthroscopy by financial year at Bunbury Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Bunbury Hospital 92WA 75Australia 78
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBunbury Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17284768
2017–18746072
2018–19736675
2019–20505976
2020–21497089
2021–22887585
2022–23628286
2023–24857478
2024–25927578

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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