Circumcision waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
The median wait for circumcision at this public hospital in the Crawley area of Western Australia was 73 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 73 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 81 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 90 days in 2018–19 to 73 days in 2024–25 — down 19% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St John of God Midland Public Hospital, about 20 km away, at 7 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 9.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 73 days | 0.0% | 81 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 84 days | 8.7% | 412 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 80 days | 9.1% | 3291 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Perth Children's Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Perth Children's Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 62 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 66 | 57 |
| 2018–19 | 90 | 76 | 60 |
| 2019–20 | 88 | 69 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 98 | 86 | 85 |
| 2021–22 | 177 | 98 | 84 |
| 2022–23 | 182 | 125 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 114 | 75 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 73 | 84 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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