Lithotripsy waiting time at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
The median wait for lithotripsy at this public hospital in the Fremantle area of Western Australia was 33 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
- 33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 29 days in 2019–20 to 33 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median stayed at 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bentley Health Service, about 18 km away, at 26 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | 33 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 21 days | 1.1% | 565 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.8% | 2881 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 | not reported for this period | not published | 34 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 36 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | not published | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 88 | not published | 34 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 33 |
| 2022–23 | 55 | 20 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 16 | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 33 | 21 | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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