Arthroscopy waiting time at Geraldton Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Beachlands area of Western Australia was 106 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 106 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 21 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 97 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 49 days in 2016–17 to 106 days in 2024–25 — up 116% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 347 km away, at 57 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Geraldton Hospital	106 days	not published	21 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

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 347 km away57 days
Osborne Park HospitalWA · about 364 km away66 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 371 km away167 days
Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 373 km away70 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 373 km away193 days
Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 373 km away101 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 380 km away66 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 380 km away76 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Geraldton Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Geraldton Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	49	47	68
2017–18	112	60	72
2018–19	128	66	75
2019–20	114	59	76
2020–21	124	70	89
2021–22	246	75	85
2022–23	281	82	86
2023–24	117	74	78
2024–25	106	75	78

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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