Keyhole sinus surgery waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Half of patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital waited 138 days or less for keyhole sinus surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery". 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
- 138 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 41 days in 2016–17 to 138 days in 2024–25 — up 237% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 5 km away, at 122 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 138 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 173 days | 27.3% | 172 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 214 days | 22.7% | 2508 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 days marks the national median.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 5 km away: 122 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 9 km away: 159 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 12 km away: 420 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 452 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 341 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 156 km away: 104 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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 | 41 | 90 | 111 |
| 2017–18 | 69 | 105 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 148 | 100 | 139 |
| 2019–20 | 42 | 93 | 127 |
| 2020–21 | 299 | 153 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 88 | 99 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | 68 | 143 | 292 |
| 2023–24 | 127 | 150 | 274 |
| 2024–25 | 138 | 173 | 214 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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