Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
Half of patients at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus waited 193 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". This public hospital is in the Perth 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
- 193 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 72 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 25.0%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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 127 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 69 days in 2016–17 to 193 days in 2024–25 — up 180% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Perth Children's Hospital, about 5 km away, at 101 days. Here, 25.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 193 days | 25.0% | 72 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.
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 5 km away: 101 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 5 km away: 70 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 8 km away: 66 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 10 km away: 66 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 15 km away: 167 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 16 km away: 76 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 25 km away: 73 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 26 km away: 57 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
- WA
- Australia
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| Reference period | Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 69 | 47 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 57 | 60 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 50 | 66 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 57 | 59 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 79 | 70 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 122 | 75 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 137 | 82 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 84 | 74 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 193 | 75 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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