Surgery Waits

Axillary node dissection waiting time at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service

The median wait for axillary node dissection at this public hospital in the Fremantle area of Western Australia was 17 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
17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
20 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 11 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 13 days in 2023–24 to 17 days in 2024–25 — up 31% — while the national median stayed at 12 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 12 km away, at 13 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Axillary node dissection, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service17 daysnot published20 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)9 days0.0%169 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)12 days0.6%494 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 12 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for axillary node dissection by financial year at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays051015202016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Fremantle Hospital and Health Service 17WA 9Australia 12
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Axillary node dissection, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodFremantle Hospital and Health Service (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published911
2017–18not published1112
2018–19not published1413
2019–20not published1111
2020–21not publishednot published10
2021–22not published812
2022–23not published912
2023–24131012
2024–2517912

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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