Neck disc removal and fusion waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
Half of patients at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus waited 141 days or less for neck disc removal and fusion in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cervical discectomy and fusion". 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
- 141 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 72 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 8.3%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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 221 days in 2016–17 to 141 days in 2024–25 — down 36% — while the national median rose from 66 days to 94 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Perth Children's Hospital, about 5 km away, at 109 days. Here, 8.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 12.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 141 days | 8.3% | 72 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 109 days | 6.7% | 149 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 94 days | 12.9% | 1076 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 94 days marks the national median.
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 5 km away: 109 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 5 km away: 79 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
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 | 221 | 23 | 66 |
| 2017–18 | 56 | 46 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 89 | not published | 76 |
| 2019–20 | 144 | 79 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 134 | 78 | 90 |
| 2021–22 | 101 | not published | 83 |
| 2022–23 | 128 | not published | 139 |
| 2023–24 | 130 | 113 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 141 | 109 | 94 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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