Breast reconstruction waiting time at Fiona Stanley Hospital
The median wait for breast reconstruction at this public hospital in the Murdoch area of Western Australia was 541 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 541 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 42 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.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 34 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 159 days in 2016–17 to 541 days in 2024–25 — up 240% — while the national median rose from 96 days to 146 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 12 km away, at 315 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Stanley Hospital | 541 days | not published | 42 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 187 days | 39.7% | 116 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 146 days | 25.7% | 1192 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Fiona Stanley Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fiona Stanley Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 159 | not published | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 280 | not published | 118 |
| 2018–19 | 182 | 146 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 404 | 120 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | 173 | 87 | 113 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 103 |
| 2022–23 | 355 | not published | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 572 | not published | 149 |
| 2024–25 | 541 | 187 | 146 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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