Dupuytren's contracture surgery waiting time at Rockingham General Hospital
Half of patients at Rockingham General Hospital waited 344 days or less for Dupuytren's contracture surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Dupytren's contracture release". This public hospital is in the Cooloongup 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
- 344 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 63 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 168 days in 2017–18 to 344 days in 2024–25 — up 105% — while the national median rose from 95 days to 150 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, about 26 km away, at 154 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockingham General Hospital | 344 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 125 days | 16.5% | 267 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 150 days | 17.9% | 1777 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 150 days marks the national median.
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 26 km away: 154 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 27 km away: 45 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 29 km away: 50 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 35 km away: 149 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 36 km away: 295 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 39 km away: 399 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 45 km away: 101 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 61 km away: 77 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
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Rockingham General Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 98 | 99 |
| 2017–18 | 168 | 98 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 140 | 105 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 146 | 128 |
| 2020–21 | 145 | 139 | 190 |
| 2021–22 | 120 | 154 | 198 |
| 2022–23 | 392 | 167 | 202 |
| 2023–24 | 111 | 125 | 169 |
| 2024–25 | 344 | 125 | 150 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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