Osteotomy waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
The median wait for osteotomy at this public hospital in the Crawley area of Western Australia was 149 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
- 149 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 93 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 12.9%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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 112 days in 2018–19 to 149 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 90 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 0 km away, at 112 days. Here, 12.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 19.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 149 days | 12.9% | 93 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 112 days | 12.1% | 289 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 135 days | 19.2% | 1866 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
- Perth Children's Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Perth Children's Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 69 | 76 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 74 | 86 |
| 2018–19 | 112 | 91 | 90 |
| 2019–20 | 98 | 85 | 103 |
| 2020–21 | 151 | 101 | 136 |
| 2021–22 | 119 | 114 | 122 |
| 2022–23 | 148 | 106 | 157 |
| 2023–24 | 113 | 112 | 152 |
| 2024–25 | 149 | 112 | 135 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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