Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Hedland Health Campus
Half of patients at Hedland Health Campus waited 29 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 South Hedland 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
- 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 63 days in 2016–17 to 29 days in 2024–25 — down 54% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedland Health Campus | 29 days | not published | 10 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.
Karratha Health Campus, WA · about 186 km away: 60 days
Broome Hospital, WA · about 469 km away: 106 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hedland Health Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hedland Health Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 63 | 47 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 15 | 60 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 30 | 66 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 59 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 70 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 75 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 66 | 82 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 74 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 75 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Hedland Health Campus · Keyhole joint surgery across Australia · Keyhole joint surgery in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia