Surgery Waits

Pilonidal sinus surgery waiting time at Joondalup Health Campus (Public)

The median wait for pilonidal sinus surgery at this public hospital in the Joondalup area of Western Australia was 23 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
23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
21 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 46 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2016–17 to 23 days in 2024–25 — up 44% — while the national median rose from 55 days to 65 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pilonidal sinus surgery, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)23 daysnot published21 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)68 days2.4%168 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)65 days3.4%1265 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for pilonidal sinus surgery by financial year at Joondalup Health Campus (Public), compared with Western Australia and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Joondalup Health Campus (Public) 23WA 68Australia 65
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Pilonidal sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodJoondalup Health Campus (Public) (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17164355
2017–1895261
2018–19216563
2019–20not published6967
2020–21518083
2021–22not published8893
2022–23not published9294
2023–24408270
2024–25236865

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

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