Tailbone cyst surgery waiting time at Joondalup Health Campus (Public)
Half of patients at Joondalup Health Campus (Public) waited 23 days or less for tailbone cyst surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pilonidal sinus surgery". This public hospital is in the Joondalup 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
- 23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 21 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 46 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2016–17 to 23 days in 2024–25 — up 44% — while the national median rose from 55 days to 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joondalup Health Campus (Public) | 23 days | not published | 21 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 68 days | 2.4% | 168 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 65 days | 3.4% | 1265 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 28 km away: 115 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 33 km away: 95 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 36 km away: 51 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 50 km away: 105 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 61 km away: 107 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Joondalup Health Campus (Public)
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Joondalup Health Campus (Public) (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 16 | 43 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | 9 | 52 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 65 | 63 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 69 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 51 | 80 | 83 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 88 | 93 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 92 | 94 |
| 2023–24 | 40 | 82 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 23 | 68 | 65 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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