Breast reconstruction waiting time at Calvary Mater Newcastle
Half of patients at Calvary Mater Newcastle waited 291 days or less for breast reconstruction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Waratah 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
- 291 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 30 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 34 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 25 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 126 days in 2021–22 to 291 days in 2024–25 — up 131% — while the national median rose from 103 days to 146 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 118 km away, at 284 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Mater Newcastle | 291 days | not published | 30 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 194 days | 16.5% | 272 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 146 days | 25.7% | 1192 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 146 days marks the national median.
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 68 km away: 365 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 118 km away: 284 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 119 km away: 134 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 121 km away: 13 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 121 km away: 373 days
Royal Hospital for Women, NSW · about 122 km away: 233 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 127 km away: 93 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 131 km away: 285 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Calvary Mater Newcastle
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Calvary Mater Newcastle (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 96 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 118 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 137 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 113 |
| 2021–22 | 126 | not published | 103 |
| 2022–23 | 145 | 136 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 150 | 127 | 149 |
| 2024–25 | 291 | 194 | 146 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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