Surgery Waits

Amputation of limb waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

The median wait for amputation of limb at this public hospital in the Kings Park area of Western Australia was 21 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
21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
11 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 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2018–19 to 21 days in 2024–25 — up 31% — while the national median rose from 12 days to 14 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Amputation of limb, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital21 daysnot published11 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)not publishednot published38 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)14 days1.2%761 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 14 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 amputation of limb by financial year at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 21Australia 14
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Amputation of limb, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published11
2017–18not publishednot published13
2018–1916not published12
2019–20not publishednot published11
2020–2114not published13
2021–22not publishednot published14
2022–2326not published14
2023–2419not published14
2024–2521not published14

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

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