Bunion surgery waiting time at Fairfield Hospital
Half of patients at Fairfield Hospital waited 360 days or less for bunion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of". This public hospital is in the Prairiewood 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
- 360 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 19 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 276 days in 2016–17 to 360 days in 2024–25 — up 30% — while the national median rose from 137 days to 183 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ryde Hospital, about 19 km away, at 324 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Hospital | 360 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 285 days | 20.8% | 212 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 16.2% | 616 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 183 days marks the national median.
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 324 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 32 km away: 106 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 63 km away: 402 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 279 km away: 320 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Fairfield Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fairfield Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 276 | 281 | 137 |
| 2017–18 | 235 | 252 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 202 | 267 | 142 |
| 2019–20 | 348 | 277 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | 359 | 323 | 262 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 318 | 231 |
| 2022–23 | 366 | 300 | 222 |
| 2023–24 | 274 | 267 | 206 |
| 2024–25 | 360 | 285 | 183 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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