Surgery Waits

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

The median wait for functional endoscopic sinus surgery at this public hospital in the Kings Park area of Western Australia was 138 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
138 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
18 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 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 138 days in 2024–25 — up 237% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 5 km away, at 122 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital138 daysnot published18 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)173 days27.3%172 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)214 days22.7%2508 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 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 functional endoscopic sinus surgery by financial year at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 138WA 173Australia 214
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–174190111
2017–1869105119
2018–19148100139
2019–204293127
2020–21299153217
2021–228899154
2022–2368143292
2023–24127150274
2024–25138173214

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

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