Discectomy waiting times in Western Australia

Public hospitals in Western Australia ranked by their median wait for discectomy.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

5 public hospitals in Western Australia reported discectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 62 days; the national median was 41 days.

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Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.

Joondalup Health Campus (Public)30 days
Osborne Park Hospital30 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital49 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital93 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus119 days

Discectomy in Western Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Joondalup Health Campus (Public)	30 days	not published	25 surgeries
1	Osborne Park Hospital	30 days	not published	10 surgeries
3	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	49 days	not published	25 surgeries
4	Fiona Stanley Hospital	93 days	not published	30 surgeries
5	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	119 days	not published	15 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Western Australia.