Breast lump removal waiting time at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
Half of patients at Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus waited 18 days or less for breast lump removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy". This public hospital is in the Perth 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
- 18 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 95 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.1%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 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 21 days in 2016–17 to 18 days in 2024–25 — down 14% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 5 km away, at 14 days. Here, 1.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 18 days | 1.1% | 95 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 0.2% | 1255 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 17 days | 0.2% | 10691 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 5 km away: 14 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 8 km away: 21 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 10 km away: 22 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 13 km away: 20 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 16 km away: 20 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 25 km away: 18 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 26 km away: 11 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 65 km away: 13 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | 15 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 17 | 18 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 19 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | 22 | 18 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | 25 | 17 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 16 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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