Womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) waiting time at Blue Mountains Hospital
Half of patients at Blue Mountains Hospital waited 298 days or less for womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Endometrial ablation". This public hospital is in the Leura area of New South Wales.
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
- 298 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 74 days in 2022–23 to 298 days in 2024–25 — up 303% — while the national median fell from 74 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Nepean Hospital, about 37 km away, at 77 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountains Hospital | 298 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 6.5% | 430 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 4.9% | 878 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 37 km away: 77 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 299 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 61 km away: 69 days
Royal Hospital for Women, NSW · about 88 km away: 61 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 95 km away: 108 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 227 km away: 166 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Blue Mountains Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Blue Mountains Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 57 | 54 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 57 | 59 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 56 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 68 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 75 | 82 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 77 | 84 |
| 2022–23 | 74 | 62 | 74 |
| 2023–24 | 137 | 62 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 298 | 77 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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