Pterygium (eye growth) removal waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
Half of patients at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus waited 119 days or less for pterygium (eye growth) removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pterygium - excision of". 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
- 119 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 369 days in 2016–17 to 119 days in 2024–25 — down 68% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 197 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 5 km away, at 95 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 119 days | not published | 26 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 11.1% | 621 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 197 days | 15.7% | 2442 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 197 days marks the national median.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 5 km away: 95 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 8 km away: 91 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 10 km away: 63 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 15 km away: 38 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 16 km away: 433 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 26 km away: 248 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 65 km away: 83 days
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 196 km away: 202 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
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 369 | 62 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | 308 | 78 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 240 | 83 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 369 | 98 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | 144 | 150 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | 185 | 154 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | 212 | 187 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | 217 | 124 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 119 | 140 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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