Cornea transplant waiting time at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
Half of patients at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service waited 124 days or less for cornea transplant in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Corneal graft". 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
- 124 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 66 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 3.0%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 13 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 87 days in 2021–22 to 124 days in 2024–25 — up 43% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 12 km away, at 83 days. Here, 3.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.5%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Corneal graft" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | 124 days | 3.0% | 66 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 3.1% | 129 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 5.5% | 398 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 96 days marks the national median.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 83 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 16 km away: 83 days
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 182 km away: 115 days
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
- 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 | not published | not published | 70 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 79 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 78 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not published | 77 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 73 |
| 2021–22 | 87 | not published | 83 |
| 2022–23 | 84 | not published | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 156 | 121 | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 124 | 105 | 96 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service · Cornea transplant across Australia · Cornea transplant in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia