--- title: "Breast lump removal waiting times in Western Australia" description: "Public hospitals in Western Australia ranked by median wait for Breast lump removal in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/wa/" --- # Breast lump removal waiting times in Western Australia The median wait for breast lump removal in Western Australia public hospitals was **19 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **17 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 17 public hospitals in Western Australia reported breast lump removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** 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. 6 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked. Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median. - [Joondalup Health Campus (Public)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/joondalup-health-campus-public/breast-lump-removal/): 11 days - [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/breast-lump-removal/): 13 days - [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): 14 days - [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): 18 days - [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/breast-lump-removal/): 18 days - [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): 19 days - [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): 20 days - [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/breast-lump-removal/): 20 days - [Bentley Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bentley-health-service/breast-lump-removal/): 21 days - [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): 22 days - [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): 29 days - [Broome Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): not published - [Busselton Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/busselton-health-campus/breast-lump-removal/): not published - [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): not published - [Merredin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/merredin-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): not published - [Northam Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northam-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): not published - [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/breast-lump-removal/): not published Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy in Western Australia public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28. | Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Joondalup Health Campus (Public)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/joondalup-health-campus-public/breast-lump-removal/) | 11 days | 0.0% | 55 surgeries | | 2 | [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/breast-lump-removal/) | 13 days | 0.0% | 57 surgeries | | 3 | [Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sir-charles-gairdner-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 14 days | 0.0% | 155 surgeries | | 4 | [Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armadale-kelmscott-memorial-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 18 days | 0.0% | 52 surgeries | | 4 | [Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-perth-hospital-wellington-street-campus/breast-lump-removal/) | 18 days | 1.1% | 95 surgeries | | 6 | [Bunbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bunbury-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 19 days | 0.0% | 69 surgeries | | 7 | [Fiona Stanley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fiona-stanley-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 20 days | 0.0% | 153 surgeries | | 7 | [Fremantle Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fremantle-hospital-and-health-service/breast-lump-removal/) | 20 days | 0.0% | 210 surgeries | | 9 | [Bentley Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bentley-health-service/breast-lump-removal/) | 21 days | 0.3% | 286 surgeries | | 10 | [Osborne Park Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/osborne-park-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 22 days | 0.0% | 68 surgeries | | 11 | [Albany Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albany-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 29 days | not published | 30 surgeries | | unranked | [Broome Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broome-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Busselton Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/busselton-health-campus/breast-lump-removal/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries | | unranked | [Geraldton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/geraldton-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Merredin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/merredin-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Northam Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northam-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [St John of God Midland Public Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-john-of-god-midland-public-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in Western Australia: [near Murdoch](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/near/murdoch/) · [near Nedlands](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/near/nedlands/) · [near the Perth CBD](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/near/perth-cbd/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for breast lump removal in Western Australia public hospitals was 19 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Breast lump removal waiting times in Western Australia", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/wa/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/wa/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/wa/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026. ## What is not here Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here. Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/), or see [every surgery reported in Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/state/wa/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/wa/.