Breast removal waiting time at Fiona Stanley Hospital
Half of patients at Fiona Stanley Hospital waited 21 days or less for breast removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastectomy". This public hospital is in the Murdoch 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
- 77 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 7.8%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 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 58 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2016–17 to 21 days in 2024–25 — up 50% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, about 9 km away, at 20 days. Here, 7.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.9%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Mastectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Stanley Hospital | 21 days | 7.8% | 77 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 2.1% | 576 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.9% | 4551 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 9 km away: 20 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 10 km away: 17 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 14 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 13 km away: 20 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 18 km away: 19 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 21 km away: 16 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 38 km away: 14 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 52 km away: 8 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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 | 14 | 14 | 16 |
| 2017–18 | 25 | 18 | 16 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 16 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 20 | 17 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 14 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 19 | 18 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 18 | 19 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Fiona Stanley Hospital · Breast removal across Australia · Breast removal in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia