Surgery Waits

Female sterilisation waiting time at King Edward Memorial Hospital

The median wait for female sterilisation at this public hospital in the Subiaco area of Western Australia was 63 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
63 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
2.0%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 53 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 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 63 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median rose from 74 days to 129 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 24 km away, at 36 days. Here, 2.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Female sterilisation, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
King Edward Memorial Hospital63 days2.0%50 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)96 days5.9%272 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)129 days11.5%1388 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 129 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for female sterilisation by financial year at King Edward Memorial Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25King Edward Memorial Hospital 63WA 96Australia 129
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Female sterilisation, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodKing Edward Memorial Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17495174
2017–18285576
2018–19486578
2019–20657888
2020–2111382112
2021–229099112
2022–236977102
2023–245580118
2024–256396129

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

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