Cervical discectomy and fusion waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
The median wait for cervical discectomy and fusion at this public hospital in the Kings Park area of Western Australia was 79 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
- 79 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 5.5%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 23 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 risen from 41 days in 2016–17 to 79 days in 2024–25 — up 93% — while the national median rose from 66 days to 94 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 5.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 12.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 79 days | 5.5% | 55 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 109 days | 6.7% | 149 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 94 days | 12.9% | 1076 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 41 | 23 | 66 |
| 2017–18 | 31 | 46 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 48 | not published | 76 |
| 2019–20 | 70 | 79 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 68 | 78 | 90 |
| 2021–22 | 55 | not published | 83 |
| 2022–23 | 147 | not published | 139 |
| 2023–24 | 37 | 113 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 79 | 109 | 94 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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