Arthroscopy waiting time at Rockingham General Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Cooloongup area of Western Australia was 52 days in 2024–25.

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: 52 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 45 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 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 85 days in 2016–17 to 52 days in 2024–25 — down 39% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 27 km away, at 27 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Rockingham General Hospital	52 days	not published	45 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.

Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 26 km away76 days
Peel Health CampusWA · about 27 km away27 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial HospitalWA · about 29 km away73 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 35 km away66 days
Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 36 km away101 days
Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 36 km away70 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 39 km away193 days
Osborne Park HospitalWA · about 45 km away66 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Rockingham General Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Rockingham General Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	85	47	68
2017–18	101	60	72
2018–19	68	66	75
2019–20	70	59	76
2020–21	89	70	89
2021–22	63	75	85
2022–23	75	82	86
2023–24	49	74	78
2024–25	52	75	78

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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