Prostate biopsy waiting time at Albany Hospital
Half of patients at Albany Hospital waited 35 days or less for prostate biopsy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Spencer Park area of Western Australia.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 35 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 90 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2016–17 to 35 days in 2024–25 — up 46% — while the national median rose from 27 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bunbury Hospital, about 276 km away, at 27 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Hospital | 35 days | 0.0% | 90 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 29 days | 0.8% | 1578 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.4% | 11402 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 276 km away: 27 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 339 km away: 17 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 364 km away: 57 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 378 km away: 27 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 383 km away: 43 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 388 km away: 11 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 389 km away: 24 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 398 km away: 49 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Albany Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Albany Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 24 | 19 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 49 | 20 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 19 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 22 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 30 | 23 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 41 | 25 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 53 | 27 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 51 | 26 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 35 | 29 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Albany Hospital · Prostate biopsy across Australia · Prostate biopsy in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia