Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Busselton Health Campus
Half of patients at Busselton Health Campus waited 106 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". This public hospital is in the West Busselton 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
- 106 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 70 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 4.3%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 97 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 29 days in 2016–17 to 106 days in 2024–25 — up 266% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bunbury Hospital, about 44 km away, at 92 days. Here, 4.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busselton Health Campus | 106 days | 4.3% | 70 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 75 days | 5.1% | 1045 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 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.
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 44 km away: 92 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 131 km away: 27 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 157 km away: 52 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 181 km away: 73 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 182 km away: 76 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 192 km away: 66 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 193 km away: 101 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 193 km away: 70 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Busselton Health Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Busselton Health Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 29 | 47 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 50 | 60 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 62 | 66 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 70 | 59 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 63 | 70 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 86 | 75 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 87 | 82 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 87 | 74 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 106 | 75 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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