Bunion surgery waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Half of patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital waited 187 days or less for bunion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of". This public hospital is in the Kings Park 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
- 187 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 19 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 146 days in 2016–17 to 187 days in 2024–25 — up 28% — while the national median rose from 137 days to 183 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bentley Health Service, about 11 km away, at 104 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 187 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 75 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 16.2% | 616 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 183 days marks the national median.
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 11 km away: 104 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 12 km away: 176 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
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 146 | 132 | 137 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 130 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 120 | 142 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 102 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 262 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 231 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 222 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 206 |
| 2024–25 | 187 | not published | 183 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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