--- title: "Dialysis access surgery waiting times in Western Australia" description: "Public hospitals in Western Australia ranked by median wait for Dialysis access surgery in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/wa/" --- # Dialysis access surgery waiting times in Western Australia The median wait for dialysis access surgery in Western Australia public hospitals was **12 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **15 days**. Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 23 public hospitals in Western Australia reported dialysis access surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Dialysis access surgery" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 6 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked. Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median. - [Broome Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 1 day - [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 1 day - [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 6 days - [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/): 6 days - [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 8 days - [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 9 days - [Joondalup Health Campus (Public)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/joondalup-health-campus-public/dialysis-access-surgery/): 10 days - [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/): 15 days - [Perth Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/perth-childrens-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 17 days - [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 20 days - [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 21 days - [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 21 days - [Kalgoorlie Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kalgoorlie-health-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/): 25 days - [Rockingham General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/rockingham-general-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 26 days - [Busselton Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/busselton-health-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/): 35 days - [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/dialysis-access-surgery/): 54 days - [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): 71 days - [Bentley Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bentley-health-service/dialysis-access-surgery/): not published - [Bridgetown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bridgetown-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): not published - [Hedland Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hedland-health-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/): not published - [Karratha Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/karratha-health-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/): not published - [Kununurra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kununurra-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): not published - [Warren Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/warren-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/): not published Dialysis access surgery in Western Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Broome Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 1 day | not published | 26 surgeries | | 1 | [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 1 day | 0.0% | 169 surgeries | | 3 | [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 6 days | not published | 30 surgeries | | 3 | [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 6 days | not published | 36 surgeries | | 5 | [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 8 days | 0.0% | 319 surgeries | | 6 | [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 9 days | 0.0% | 83 surgeries | | 7 | [Joondalup Health Campus (Public)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/joondalup-health-campus-public/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 10 days | 0.0% | 124 surgeries | | 8 | [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 15 days | 1.0% | 105 surgeries | | 9 | [Perth Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/perth-childrens-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 17 days | 0.0% | 171 surgeries | | 10 | [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 20 days | not published | 47 surgeries | | 11 | [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 21 days | not published | 20 surgeries | | 11 | [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 21 days | 0.0% | 65 surgeries | | 13 | [Kalgoorlie Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kalgoorlie-health-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 25 days | not published | 26 surgeries | | 14 | [Rockingham General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/rockingham-general-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 26 days | not published | 38 surgeries | | 15 | [Busselton Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/busselton-health-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 35 days | not published | 14 surgeries | | 16 | [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 54 days | 0.0% | 64 surgeries | | 17 | [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 71 days | not published | 15 surgeries | | unranked | [Bentley Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bentley-health-service/dialysis-access-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Bridgetown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bridgetown-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Hedland Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hedland-health-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries | | unranked | [Karratha Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/karratha-health-campus/dialysis-access-surgery/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries | | unranked | [Kununurra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kununurra-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries | | unranked | [Warren Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/warren-hospital/dialysis-access-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in Western Australia: [near Murdoch](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/near/murdoch/) · [near Nedlands](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/near/nedlands/) · [near the Perth CBD](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/near/perth-cbd/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for dialysis access surgery in Western Australia public hospitals was 12 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Dialysis access surgery waiting times in WA", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/wa/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/wa/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/wa/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/), or see [every surgery reported in Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/state/wa/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/wa/.