Arthroscopy waiting time at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Fremantle area of Western Australia was 76 days in 2024–25.

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: 76 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 93 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 10.8%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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 69 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 65 days in 2016–17 to 76 days in 2024–25 — up 17% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 12 km away, at 70 days. Here, 10.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service	76 days	10.8%	93 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	75 days	5.1%	1045 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	78 days	7.1%	8779 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 12 km away101 days
Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 12 km away70 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 16 km away193 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 18 km away66 days
Osborne Park HospitalWA · about 20 km away66 days
Rockingham General HospitalWA · about 26 km away52 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial HospitalWA · about 27 km away73 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 30 km away167 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	65	47	68
2017–18	66	60	72
2018–19	82	66	75
2019–20	68	59	76
2020–21	75	70	89
2021–22	87	75	85
2022–23	69	82	86
2023–24	60	74	78
2024–25	76	75	78

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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