Surgery Waits

Laparoscopy waiting time at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service

The median wait for laparoscopy at this public hospital in the Fremantle area of Western Australia was 77 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
77 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
48 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 149 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 79 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 80 days in 2016–17 to 77 days in 2024–25 — down 4% — while the national median rose from 47 days to 69 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fiona Stanley Hospital, about 9 km away, at 10 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Laparoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service77 daysnot published48 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)55 days5.4%797 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)69 days5.4%9403 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 69 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for laparoscopy by financial year at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Fremantle Hospital and Health Service 77WA 55Australia 69
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Laparoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodFremantle Hospital and Health Service (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17803447
2017–18714151
2018–191004757
2019–201475664
2020–21516279
2021–22585778
2022–23494782
2023–24575669
2024–25775569

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

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