Droopy eyelid repair waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Half of patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital waited 346 days or less for droopy eyelid repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ptosis - repair 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
- 346 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 30 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 144 days in 2016–17 to 346 days in 2024–25 — up 140% — while the national median rose from 141 days to 238 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Osborne Park Hospital, about 9 km away, at 323 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 346 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 151 days | 22.2% | 225 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 238 days | 25.4% | 781 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 238 days marks the national median.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 5 km away: 381 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 9 km away: 323 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 11 km away: 123 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 12 km away: 471 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 20 km away: 18 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 63 km away: 127 days
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 193 km away: 205 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 | 144 | 87 | 141 |
| 2017–18 | 343 | 152 | 175 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 132 | 181 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 213 | 245 |
| 2020–21 | 342 | 266 | 303 |
| 2021–22 | 269 | 269 | 263 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 126 | 251 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 94 | 240 |
| 2024–25 | 346 | 151 | 238 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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