Surgery Waits

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children surgery waiting times

Public hospital in the Bernier Island area of Western Australia.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

Princess Margaret Hospital for Children is a public hospital in the Bernier Island area of Western Australia. The national planned-surgery collection reported no surgery here for 2024–25. 92 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

This hospital has closed. Its past figures are kept for the record and it is never ranked.

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Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Surgery Median wait Surgeries Waited more than 365 days
Not reported for this period
Adenoidectomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Amputation of limb last reported 2017–18 not reported
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction last reported 2017–18 not reported
Arthrodesis last reported 2017–18 not reported
Arthroscopy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Axillary node dissection last reported 2016–17 not reported
Branchial apparatus remnant - removal of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Breast prosthesis - removal of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Breast reduction last reported 2017–18 not reported
Carpal tunnel release last reported 2017–18 not reported
Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) last reported 2017–18 not reported
Cervical discectomy and fusion last reported 2017–18 not reported
Chalazion - excision of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Chiari malformation decompression last reported 2017–18 not reported
Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) last reported 2017–18 not reported
Circumcision last reported 2017–18 not reported
Cleft lip and palate - repair of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection last reported 2017–18 not reported
Cranioplasty last reported 2017–18 not reported
Craniotomy last reported 2016–17 not reported
Cystoscopy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Dacryocystorhinostomy last reported 2016–17 not reported
Dermoid cyst - removal of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Dialysis access surgery last reported 2017–18 not reported
Discectomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2016–17 not reported
Examination of eye under anaesthesia last reported 2017–18 not reported
Exostosis - excision of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Fracture non-union - treatment of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2017–18 not reported
Ganglion - excision of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2016–17 not reported
Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Heart valve replacement last reported 2017–18 not reported
Herniorrhaphy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Hypospadias - repair of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt last reported 2017–18 not reported
Laparoscopy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2017–18 not reported
Lithotripsy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy last reported 2016–17 not reported
Lymphangioma - surgery for last reported 2017–18 not reported
Mastectomy last reported 2016–17 not reported
Mastoidectomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Meatoplasty last reported 2017–18 not reported
Meniscectomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Microlaryngoscopy last reported 2016–17 not reported
Muscle or tendon length - change of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty last reported 2017–18 not reported
Myringotomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) last reported 2017–18 not reported
Nasendoscopy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Nephrectomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Orchidectomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Orchidopexy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Osteotomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Pectus surgery last reported 2016–17 not reported
Pedicle screw fusion last reported 2017–18 not reported
Pharyngoplasty last reported 2017–18 not reported
Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2017–18 not reported
Pleurodesis last reported 2016–17 not reported
Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Probing of naso-lacrimal duct last reported 2017–18 not reported
Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) last reported 2017–18 not reported
Pterygium - excision of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Ptosis - repair of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction last reported 2017–18 not reported
Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Removal of intracranial lesion last reported 2017–18 not reported
Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia last reported 2017–18 not reported
Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Scar revision last reported 2017–18 not reported
Septoplasty last reported 2017–18 not reported
Shoulder reconstruction last reported 2017–18 not reported
Skin lesion - excision of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Stone/s urinary tract - removal of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Tendon release last reported 2017–18 not reported
Thyroglossal remnant - removal of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Toenail surgery last reported 2017–18 not reported
Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) last reported 2017–18 not reported
Trabeculectomy last reported 2016–17 not reported
Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2017–18 not reported
Turbinectomy last reported 2017–18 not reported
Untethering of spinal cord last reported 2017–18 not reported
Ureteric - reimplantation last reported 2017–18 not reported
Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2017–18 not reported
Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2016–17 not reported
Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) last reported 2016–17 not reported

Urgency categories

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.

All planned surgery at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children by urgency category, 2024–25.
Urgency category Median wait Treated within the recommended time Surgeries
Urgent not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Semi-urgent not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Non-urgent not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Cite this page

The national planned-surgery collection published no median wait for Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

Copy-ready citation

Surgery Waits, "Princess Margaret Hospital for Children waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/princess-margaret-hospital-for-children/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/princess-margaret-hospital-for-children/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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