Arthroscopy waiting time at Bentley Health Service
The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the St James area of Western Australia was 66 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
- 66 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 74 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 4.1%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 57 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 105 days in 2022–23 to 66 days in 2024–25 — down 37% — while the national median fell from 86 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 33 km away, at 57 days. Here, 4.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Health Service | 66 days | 4.1% | 74 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 75 days | 5.1% | 1045 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 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
- Bentley Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bentley Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 47 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 60 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 66 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 59 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 70 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 75 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 105 | 82 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 57 | 74 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 66 | 75 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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