Breast lump removal waiting time at Bentley Health Service
Half of patients at Bentley Health Service waited 21 days or less for breast lump removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy". This public hospital is in the St James 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
- 21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 286 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.3%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 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 79 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here is unchanged from 2016–17 (21 days) — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, about 8 km away, at 18 days. Here, 0.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Health Service | 21 days | 0.3% | 286 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 0.2% | 1255 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 17 days | 0.2% | 10691 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 8 km away: 18 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 10 km away: 20 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 11 km away: 14 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 17 km away: 18 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 18 km away: 22 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 18 km away: 20 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 33 km away: 11 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 61 km away: 13 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bentley Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bentley Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | 15 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 33 | 18 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 19 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | 20 | 18 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | 22 | 17 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 16 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 24 | 18 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 19 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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