Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
The median wait for vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) at this public hospital in the Perth area of Western Australia was 32 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
- 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%.
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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
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.
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