Surgery Waits

Bunion surgery waiting time at Prince of Wales Hospital

The median wait for bunion surgery — published by the source as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of" — at this public hospital in the Randwick area of New South Wales was 106 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
106 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
23 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 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 346 days in 2016–17 to 106 days in 2024–25 — down 69% — while the national median rose from 137 days to 183 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Prince of Wales Hospital106 daysnot published23 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)285 days20.8%212 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)183 days16.2%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.

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

Median wait for bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of by financial year at Prince of Wales Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Prince of Wales Hospital 106NSW 285Australia 183
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPrince of Wales Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17346281137
2017–18316252121
2018–19356267142
2019–20310277137
2020–21379323262
2021–22367318231
2022–23362300222
2023–24194267206
2024–25106285183

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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