Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy waiting times in Western Australia

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

17 public hospitals in Western Australia reported Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy in 2024–25. The state median was 19 days; the national median was 17 days.

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)11 days
Peel Health Campus13 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital14 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital18 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus18 days
Bunbury Hospital19 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital20 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service20 days
Bentley Health Service21 days
Osborne Park Hospital22 days
Albany Hospital29 days
Broome Hospitalnot published
Busselton Health Campusnot published
Geraldton Hospitalnot published
Merredin Hospitalnot published
Northam Hospitalnot published
St John of God Midland Public Hospitalnot 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)	11 days	0.0%	55 surgeries
2	Peel Health Campus	13 days	0.0%	57 surgeries
3	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	14 days	0.0%	155 surgeries
4	Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital	18 days	0.0%	52 surgeries
4	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	18 days	1.1%	95 surgeries
6	Bunbury Hospital	19 days	0.0%	69 surgeries
7	Fiona Stanley Hospital	20 days	0.0%	153 surgeries
7	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service	20 days	0.0%	210 surgeries
9	Bentley Health Service	21 days	0.3%	286 surgeries
10	Osborne Park Hospital	22 days	0.0%	68 surgeries
11	Albany Hospital	29 days	not published	30 surgeries
unranked	Broome Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Busselton Health Campus	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Geraldton Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Merredin Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Northam Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	St John of God Midland Public Hospital	not published	not published	not published

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. Compare with every other state.