Skin lesion removal waiting time at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
The median wait for skin lesion removal — published by the source as "Skin lesion - excision of" — at this public hospital in the Fremantle area of Western Australia was 86 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 86 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 92 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 5.4%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 214 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 206 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 49 days in 2016–17 to 86 days in 2024–25 — up 76% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fiona Stanley Hospital, about 9 km away, at 31 days. Here, 5.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | 86 days | 5.4% | 92 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 1.9% | 7125 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 59852 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fremantle Hospital and Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 49 | 30 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 69 | 34 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | 56 | 30 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 61 | 25 | 24 |
| 2020–21 | 82 | 28 | 25 |
| 2021–22 | 54 | 27 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 66 | 31 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 42 | 32 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 86 | 33 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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