Prostate biopsy waiting time at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital waited 57 days or less for prostate biopsy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Mount Nasura 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
- 57 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 111 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 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 29 days in 2016–17 to 57 days in 2024–25 — up 97% — while the national median rose from 27 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fiona Stanley Hospital, about 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital | 57 days | 0.0% | 111 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.
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 18 km away: 27 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 11 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 24 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 27 km away: 43 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 34 km away: 49 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 50 km away: 22 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 51 km away: 17 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 142 km away: 27 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 29 | 19 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 20 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 30 | 19 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 27 | 22 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 22 | 23 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 31 | 25 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 49 | 27 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 51 | 26 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 57 | 29 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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