Skin lesion removal waiting time at Fiona Stanley Hospital
Half of patients at Fiona Stanley Hospital waited 31 days or less for skin lesion removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Skin lesion - excision of". 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
- 31 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 1197 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.9%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 214 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 126 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 45 days in 2016–17 to 31 days in 2024–25 — down 31% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 12 km away, at 29 days. Here, 1.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Skin lesion - excision of" 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 | 31 days | 1.9% | 1197 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 1.9% | 7125 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 59852 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 9 km away: 86 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 10 km away: 31 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 84 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 29 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 13 km away: 25 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 18 km away: 36 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 21 km away: 33 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 25 km away: 15 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 | 45 | 30 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 36 | 34 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 27 | 30 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 18 | 25 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 17 | 28 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 27 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 27 | 31 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 24 | 32 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 31 | 33 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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