Surgery Waits

Pilonidal sinus surgery waiting time at Rockingham General Hospital

The median wait for pilonidal sinus surgery at this public hospital in the Cooloongup area of Western Australia was 107 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
107 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
14 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 46 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 35 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 36 days in 2016–17 to 107 days in 2024–25 — up 197% — while the national median rose from 55 days to 65 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, about 26 km away, at 51 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pilonidal sinus surgery, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Rockingham General Hospital107 daysnot published14 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)68 days2.4%168 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)65 days3.4%1265 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 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 pilonidal sinus surgery by financial year at Rockingham General Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Rockingham General Hospital 107WA 68Australia 65
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Median wait in days for Pilonidal sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRockingham General Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17364355
2017–18not published5261
2018–19506563
2019–20406967
2020–21628083
2021–22not published8893
2022–232279294
2023–24not published8270
2024–251076865

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

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