Female sterilisation waiting time at King Edward Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at King Edward Memorial Hospital waited 63 days or less for female sterilisation in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Subiaco 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
- 63 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.0%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 53 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 49 days in 2016–17 to 63 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median rose from 74 days to 129 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 24 km away, at 36 days. Here, 2.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Edward Memorial Hospital | 63 days | 2.0% | 50 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.
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 7 km away: 129 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 14 km away: 114 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 24 km away: 36 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 28 km away: 113 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 38 km away: 266 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 65 km away: 14 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 158 km away: 115 days
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 195 km away: 110 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- King Edward Memorial Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | King Edward Memorial Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 49 | 51 | 74 |
| 2017–18 | 28 | 55 | 76 |
| 2018–19 | 48 | 65 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 65 | 78 | 88 |
| 2020–21 | 113 | 82 | 112 |
| 2021–22 | 90 | 99 | 112 |
| 2022–23 | 69 | 77 | 102 |
| 2023–24 | 55 | 80 | 118 |
| 2024–25 | 63 | 96 | 129 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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