Surgery Waits

Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt at this public hospital in the Kings Park area of Western Australia, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
8 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.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospitalnot publishednot published8 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)not publishednot published11 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)17 days1.8%228 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt by financial year at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays0102030402016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 36Australia 17
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–1716not published14
2017–1828not published14
2018–1919not published13
2019–2017not published17
2020–2114not published15
2021–2216not published15
2022–2336not published21
2023–24not publishednot published17
2024–25not publishednot published17

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