Surgery Waits

Circumcision waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus

The median wait for circumcision at this public hospital in the Perth area of Western Australia was 177 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
177 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
10 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 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 79 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 159 days in 2016–17 to 177 days in 2024–25 — up 11% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Perth Children's Hospital, about 5 km away, at 73 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Circumcision, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus177 daysnot published10 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)84 days8.7%412 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days9.1%3291 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 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 circumcision by financial year at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus 177WA 84Australia 80
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Circumcision, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–171596260
2017–18956657
2018–191707660
2019–20not published6963
2020–212758685
2021–22not published9884
2022–23not published12595
2023–24not published7578
2024–251778480

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

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