Tendon release waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
The median wait for tendon release at this public hospital in the Crawley area of Western Australia was 19 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
- 19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 48 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 26 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 28 days in 2018–19 to 19 days in 2024–25 — down 32% — while the national median rose from 29 days to 34 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 19 days | not published | 48 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 99 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 7.5% | 1016 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.
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 | not published | 22 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 27 | not published | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 26 | not published | 30 |
| 2021–22 | 25 | not published | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | not published | 28 |
| 2023–24 | 26 | not published | 45 |
| 2024–25 | 19 | not published | 34 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Perth Children's Hospital · Tendon release across Australia · Tendon release in Western Australia