Shoulder decompression surgery waiting time at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
Half of patients at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service waited 93 days or less for shoulder decompression surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression". This public hospital is in the Fremantle 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
- 93 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 43 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 110 days in 2016–17 to 93 days in 2024–25 — down 15% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 12 km away, at 66 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | 93 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 3.0% | 537 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 92 days | 6.3% | 1418 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 92 days marks the national median.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 66 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 16 km away: 149 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 18 km away: 71 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 20 km away: 112 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 141 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 104 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 36 km away: 48 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 53 km away: 26 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fremantle Hospital and Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 110 | 73 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 68 | 83 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 70 | 75 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | 137 | 92 | 108 |
| 2020–21 | 56 | 94 | 141 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 101 | 131 |
| 2022–23 | 158 | 112 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 63 | 88 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 93 | 90 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service · Shoulder decompression surgery across Australia · Shoulder decompression surgery in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia