Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting time at Calvary Mater Newcastle
Half of patients at Calvary Mater Newcastle waited 31 days or less for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy 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
- 31 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 34 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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 4 km away, at 26 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Mater Newcastle | 31 days | not published | 34 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.0% | 604 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 17 days | 0.0% | 1875 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 4 km away: 26 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 118 km away: 7 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 121 km away: 13 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 20 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 134 km away: 17 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 135 km away: 32 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 published | 23 | 13 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 23 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 25 | 15 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 21 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 19 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 17 | 14 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 21 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 19 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 31 | 20 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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