Breast removal waiting time at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Half of patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital waited 14 days or less for breast removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastectomy". This public hospital is in the Kings Park 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
- 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 115 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.6%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 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 11 days in 2016–17 to 14 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peel Health Campus, about 63 km away, at 8 days. Here, 2.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.9%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Mastectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 14 days | 2.6% | 115 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 2.1% | 576 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.9% | 4551 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 5 km away: 20 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 9 km away: 16 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 11 km away: 17 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 12 km away: 20 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 12 km away: 21 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 26 km away: 14 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 27 km away: 19 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 63 km away: 8 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 11 | 14 | 16 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 18 | 16 |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 18 | 17 |
| 2019–20 | 12 | 16 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 12 | 17 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 11 | 14 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 14 | 17 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 14 | 18 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 14 | 18 | 19 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital · Breast removal across Australia · Breast removal in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia