Retina surgery waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
Half of patients at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus waited 32 days or less for retina surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy)". 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
- 32 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 152 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2016–17 to 32 days in 2024–25 — up 113% — while the national median rose from 19 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 5 km away, at 25 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.6%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy)" 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 | 32 days | 0.0% | 152 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 32 days | 1.1% | 566 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 2.6% | 3742 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 5 km away: 25 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 16 km away: 93 days
Geraldton Hospital, WA · about 373 km away: 34 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 | 15 | 28 | 19 |
| 2017–18 | 15 | 27 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | 13 | 25 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 25 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | 15 | 24 | 19 |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 26 | 18 |
| 2022–23 | 21 | 34 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 18 | 35 | 22 |
| 2024–25 | 32 | 32 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus · Retina surgery across Australia · Retina surgery in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia