Toenail surgery waiting time at Bowral Hospital
Half of patients at Bowral Hospital waited 42 days or less for toenail surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Bowral 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
- 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 43 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 60 days in 2016–17 to 42 days in 2024–25 — down 30% — while the national median rose from 33 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wollongong Hospital, about 43 km away, at 40 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Toenail surgery" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowral Hospital | 42 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 3.6% | 417 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 1.9% | 1323 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 days marks the national median.
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 40 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 82 km away: 69 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 87 km away: 27 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 88 km away: 320 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 88 km away: 80 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 104 km away: 34 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 154 km away: 84 days
Cessnock Hospital, NSW · about 203 km away: 193 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Bowral Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bowral Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 60 | 46 | 33 |
| 2017–18 | 214 | 47 | 34 |
| 2018–19 | 34 | 44 | 36 |
| 2019–20 | 24 | 49 | 45 |
| 2020–21 | 179 | 56 | 49 |
| 2021–22 | 121 | 68 | 58 |
| 2022–23 | 50 | 62 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 168 | 64 | 48 |
| 2024–25 | 42 | 55 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Bowral Hospital · Toenail surgery across Australia · Toenail surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales