Broome Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Broome Hospital is a public hospital in Western Australia. It reported 43 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 28 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dialysis access surgery | 1 day | 26 surgeries | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | 12 days | 49 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 29 days | 46 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 64 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) | 78 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 82 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) | 82 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy | 102 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | 106 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | 109 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 112 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 113 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 145 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| Pterygium - excision of | 238 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 269 days | 146 surgeries | 24.0% |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 277 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression | not published | not published | not published |
| Adenoidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | not published | not published | not published |
| Bartholin's cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Blepharoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Ectropion - correction of | not published | not published | not published |
| Endometrial ablation | not published | not published | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | not published | not published | not published |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) | not published | not published | not published |
| Rotator cuff - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Septoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Shoulder reconstruction | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | not published | not published | not published |
| Turbinectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Arthrodesis last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Common peroneal nerve release last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dupytren's contracture release last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Meniscectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Osteotomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ptosis - repair of last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 9 days | 89% | 113 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 78 days | 61% | 222 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 208 days | 83% | 376 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.