Womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) waiting time at Nepean Hospital
Half of patients at Nepean Hospital waited 77 days or less for womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Endometrial ablation". This public hospital is in the Cambridge Park 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
- 77 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 101 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 10.9%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 105 days in 2017–18 to 77 days in 2024–25 — down 27% — while the national median rose from 59 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Campbelltown Hospital, about 36 km away, at 69 days. Here, 10.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepean Hospital | 77 days | 10.9% | 101 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 6.5% | 430 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 4.9% | 878 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 299 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 69 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 37 km away: 298 days
Royal Hospital for Women, NSW · about 52 km away: 61 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 76 km away: 108 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Nepean Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Nepean Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 57 | 54 |
| 2017–18 | 105 | 57 | 59 |
| 2018–19 | 65 | 56 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 39 | 68 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 272 | 75 | 82 |
| 2021–22 | 118 | 77 | 84 |
| 2022–23 | 101 | 62 | 74 |
| 2023–24 | 154 | 62 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 77 | 77 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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