Surgery Waits

Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting time at Joondalup Health Campus (Public)

The median wait for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy at this public hospital in the Joondalup area of Western Australia was 12 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
12 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 4 days in 2017–18 to 12 days in 2024–25 — up 200% — while the national median rose from 13 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fiona Stanley Hospital, about 38 km away, at 11 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)12 daysnot published17 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)15 days0.0%192 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)17 days0.0%1875 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy by financial year at Joondalup Health Campus (Public), compared with Western Australia and Australiadays051015202016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Joondalup Health Campus (Public) 12WA 15Australia 17
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodJoondalup Health Campus (Public) (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published713
2017–184913
2018–1981115
2019–20121014
2020–21not published1313
2021–22171514
2022–23not published1815
2023–24131716
2024–25121517

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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