Laminectomy waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
The median wait for laminectomy at this public hospital in the Perth area of Western Australia was 147 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
- 147 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 42 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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 351 days in 2016–17 to 147 days in 2024–25 — down 58% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 66 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 5 km away, at 48 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 147 days | not published | 42 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 75 days | 9.4% | 286 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 66 days | 7.4% | 1772 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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
- Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 351 | not published | 57 |
| 2017–18 | 177 | 62 | 68 |
| 2018–19 | 139 | 81 | 73 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 74 | 69 |
| 2020–21 | 50 | 91 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 158 | 69 | 70 |
| 2022–23 | 108 | not published | 92 |
| 2023–24 | 161 | 76 | 68 |
| 2024–25 | 147 | 75 | 66 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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