Tailbone cyst surgery waiting time at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
Half of patients at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service waited 51 days or less for tailbone cyst surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pilonidal sinus surgery". 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
- 51 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 46 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 69 days in 2016–17 to 51 days in 2024–25 — down 26% — while the national median rose from 55 days to 65 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 36 km away, at 23 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | 51 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 68 days | 2.4% | 168 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 65 days | 3.4% | 1265 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 18 km away: 95 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 26 km away: 107 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 105 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 30 km away: 115 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 36 km away: 23 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 | 69 | 43 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | 84 | 52 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 65 | 63 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 69 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 80 | 83 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 88 | 93 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 92 | 94 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 82 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 51 | 68 | 65 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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