Pterygium - excision of waiting time at Busselton Health Campus
The median wait for pterygium - excision of at this public hospital in the West Busselton area of Western Australia was 202 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
- 202 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 68 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.5%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 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 41 days in 2016–17 to 202 days in 2024–25 — up 393% — while the national median rose from 128 days to 197 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 131 km away, at 83 days. Here, 1.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 15.7%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busselton Health Campus | 202 days | 1.5% | 68 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 11.1% | 621 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 197 days | 15.7% | 2442 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
- Busselton Health Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Busselton Health Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 41 | 62 | 128 |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 78 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 50 | 83 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 48 | 98 | 155 |
| 2020–21 | 91 | 150 | 230 |
| 2021–22 | 68 | 154 | 238 |
| 2022–23 | 165 | 187 | 241 |
| 2023–24 | 181 | 124 | 191 |
| 2024–25 | 202 | 140 | 197 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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