Carotid artery plaque removal waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
Half of patients at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus waited 39 days or less for carotid artery plaque removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Carotid endarterectomy". 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
- 39 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2018–19 to 39 days in 2024–25 — up 144% — while the national median rose from 19 days to 20 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 39 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 34 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.6% | 702 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 11 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 16 | not published | 19 |
| 2019–20 | 24 | not published | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 25 | not published | 20 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 16 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 8 | not published | 18 |
| 2024–25 | 39 | not published | 20 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus · Carotid artery plaque removal across Australia · Carotid artery plaque removal in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia