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title: "Derby Hospital surgery waiting times"
description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at Derby Hospital, a public hospital in the Derby area of Western Australia, for 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/"
---

# Derby Hospital surgery waiting times

In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Derby area of Western Australia published median waits from **3 days** for eardrum drainage to **82 days** for cataract surgery.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

Derby Hospital is a public hospital in the Derby area of Western Australia. It is part of [WA Country Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/wa-country-health-service/). It reported 25 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 35 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 Derby Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Myringotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/myringotomy/) | 3 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| [Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/grommets/) | 3 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| [Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/cataract-surgery/) | 82 days | 84 surgeries | 2.4% |
| [Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/acromioplasty-arthroscopy-shoulder-sub-acromial-decompression/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Adenoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/adenoidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Arthrodesis](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/arthrodesis/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Arthroscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/arthroscopy/) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/circumcision/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Curettage and evacuation of uterus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/curettage-and-evacuation-of-uterus/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ectropion - correction of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/ectropion-correction-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Epididymal cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/epididymal-cyst-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Haemorrhoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/hernia-repair/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Laparoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/laparoscopy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/lletz-procedure/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/muscle-biopsy-temporal-artery-biopsy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/eardrum-repair/) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| [Osteotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/osteotomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Pterygium - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/pterygium-excision-of/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Scar revision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/scar-revision/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Skin lesion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |

**Not reported for this period**

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Blepharoplasty last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Carpal tunnel release last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Corneal graft last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Female sterilisation last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Ganglion - excision of last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Meniscectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Rotator cuff - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Septoplasty last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Shoulder reconstruction last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Toenail surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2016–17 | 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 Derby Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25.

| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/wa/) | 3 days | 90% | 31 surgeries |
| [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/wa/) | 62 days | 70% | 70 surgeries |
| [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/wa/) | 118 days | 93% | 121 surgeries |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, Derby Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 3 days for eardrum drainage to 82 days for cataract surgery (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Derby Hospital surgery wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-hospital/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/derby-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.

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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. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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