Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Half of patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital waited 48 days or less for spinal bone removal (laminectomy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Laminectomy". 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 132 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.3%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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 46 days in 2016–17 to 48 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 66 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Osborne Park Hospital, about 9 km away, at 21 days. Here, 2.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 48 days | 2.3% | 132 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 75 days | 9.4% | 286 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 66 days | 7.4% | 1772 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 66 days marks the national median.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 5 km away: 147 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 9 km away: 21 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 119 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 | 46 | not published | 57 |
| 2017–18 | 40 | 62 | 68 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 81 | 73 |
| 2019–20 | 35 | 74 | 69 |
| 2020–21 | 57 | 91 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 70 | 69 | 70 |
| 2022–23 | 131 | not published | 92 |
| 2023–24 | 46 | 76 | 68 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 75 | 66 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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