--- title: "Turbinate surgery (inside the nose) waiting times in Western Australia" description: "Public hospitals in Western Australia ranked by median wait for Turbinate surgery (inside the nose) in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/turbinectomy/wa/" --- # Turbinate surgery (inside the nose) waiting times in Western Australia The median wait for turbinate surgery (inside the nose) in Western Australia public hospitals was **216 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **269 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Turbinectomy". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 14 public hospitals in Western Australia reported turbinate surgery (inside the nose) 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 "Turbinectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 11 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 269 days marks the national median. - [Perth Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/perth-childrens-hospital/turbinectomy/): 111 days - [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/turbinectomy/): 303 days - [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/turbinectomy/): 409 days - [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/turbinectomy/): not published - [Broome Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/turbinectomy/): not published - [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/turbinectomy/): not published - [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/turbinectomy/): not published - [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/turbinectomy/): not published - [Hedland Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hedland-health-campus/turbinectomy/): not published - [Kununurra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kununurra-hospital/turbinectomy/): not published - [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/turbinectomy/): not published - [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/turbinectomy/): not published - [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/turbinectomy/): not published - [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/turbinectomy/): not published Turbinectomy 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 | [Perth Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/perth-childrens-hospital/turbinectomy/) | 111 days | 27.6% | 76 surgeries | | 2 | [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/turbinectomy/) | 303 days | not published | 12 surgeries | | 3 | [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/turbinectomy/) | 409 days | not published | 23 surgeries | | unranked | [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Broome Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries | | unranked | [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries | | unranked | [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Hedland Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hedland-health-campus/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Kununurra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kununurra-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries | | unranked | [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published | **Cite this page** > The median wait for turbinate surgery (inside the nose) in Western Australia public hospitals was 216 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Turbinate surgery (inside the nose) waiting times in WA", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/turbinectomy/wa/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/turbinectomy/wa/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/turbinectomy/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/turbinectomy/), 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/turbinectomy/wa/.