Female sterilisation waiting time at Geraldton Hospital
Half of patients at Geraldton Hospital waited 69 days or less for female sterilisation in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Beachlands 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
- 69 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 53 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 96 days in 2017–18 to 69 days in 2024–25 — down 28% — while the national median rose from 76 days to 129 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 347 km away, at 36 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldton Hospital | 69 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 5.9% | 272 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 129 days | 11.5% | 1388 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 129 days marks the national median.
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 347 km away: 36 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 364 km away: 129 days
King Edward Memorial Hospital, WA · about 371 km away: 63 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 380 km away: 114 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 396 km away: 113 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 406 km away: 266 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 431 km away: 14 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Geraldton Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Geraldton Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 51 | 74 |
| 2017–18 | 96 | 55 | 76 |
| 2018–19 | 90 | 65 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 78 | 88 |
| 2020–21 | 86 | 82 | 112 |
| 2021–22 | 77 | 99 | 112 |
| 2022–23 | 125 | 77 | 102 |
| 2023–24 | 148 | 80 | 118 |
| 2024–25 | 69 | 96 | 129 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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