Breast removal waiting time at Moruya Hospital
Half of patients at Moruya Hospital waited 19 days or less for breast removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastectomy". This public hospital is in the Moruya 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
- 19 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 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 43 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 12 days in 2016–17 to 19 days in 2024–25 — up 58% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Shoalhaven Hospital, about 125 km away, at 16 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Mastectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moruya Hospital | 19 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 88 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 21 days | 1.8% | 1183 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.9% | 4551 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.
South East Regional Hospital, NSW · about 89 km away: 26 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 114 km away: 22 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 125 km away: 16 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 165 km away: 28 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 180 km away: 15 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 214 km away: 21 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 234 km away: 22 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 236 km away: 20 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
- Moruya Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Moruya Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 12 | 16 | 16 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 18 | 16 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 20 | 17 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 18 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 21 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 19 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 20 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 21 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Moruya Hospital · Breast removal across Australia · Breast removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales