Scar revision waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
The median wait for scar revision at this public hospital in the Kings Park area of Western Australia was 241 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
- 241 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 25 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 29 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 134 days in 2016–17 to 241 days in 2024–25 — up 80% — while the national median rose from 65 days to 83 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Perth Children's Hospital, about 0 km away, at 152 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 241 days | not published | 25 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 155 days | 20.1% | 164 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 83 days | 9.5% | 1239 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 134 | 86 | 65 |
| 2017–18 | 111 | 78 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 69 | 77 | 73 |
| 2019–20 | 107 | 64 | 83 |
| 2020–21 | 193 | 98 | 84 |
| 2021–22 | 147 | 103 | 121 |
| 2022–23 | 287 | 141 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 338 | 164 | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 241 | 155 | 83 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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