Surgery Waits

Parathyroidectomy waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus

The median wait for parathyroidectomy at this public hospital in the Perth area of Western Australia was 168 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
168 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 47 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 42 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 58 days in 2016–17 to 168 days in 2024–25 — up 190% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 82 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 5 km away, at 46 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Parathyroidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus168 daysnot published17 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)87 days3.9%128 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)82 days4.0%1304 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 82 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for parathyroidectomy by financial year at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus 168WA 87Australia 82
  • Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Parathyroidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17583656
2017–18645263
2018–19573657
2019–20423563
2020–21956369
2021–22818973
2022–23856484
2023–241986387
2024–251688782

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

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