Female sterilisation waiting time at Liverpool Hospital
Half of patients at Liverpool Hospital waited 243 days or less for female sterilisation in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Warwick Farm 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
- 243 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 43 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 53 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 203 days in 2016–17 to 243 days in 2024–25 — up 20% — while the national median rose from 74 days to 129 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, about 8 km away, at 223 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Hospital | 243 days | not published | 43 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 15 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 267 days | 18.9% | 350 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 129 days | 11.5% | 1388 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 129 days marks the national median.
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 223 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 351 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 322 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 21 km away: 370 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 24 km away: 23 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 224 km away: 109 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
- Liverpool Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Liverpool Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 203 | 125 | 74 |
| 2017–18 | 76 | 147 | 76 |
| 2018–19 | 125 | 114 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 106 | 134 | 88 |
| 2020–21 | 248 | 243 | 112 |
| 2021–22 | 141 | 192 | 112 |
| 2022–23 | 161 | 165 | 102 |
| 2023–24 | 347 | 213 | 118 |
| 2024–25 | 243 | 267 | 129 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Liverpool Hospital · Female sterilisation across Australia · Female sterilisation in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales