Bunion surgery waiting time at Prince of Wales Hospital
Half of patients at Prince of Wales Hospital waited 106 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 Randwick 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
- 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 106 days | not published | 23 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
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 32 km away: 360 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 402 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 307 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
- Prince of Wales Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Prince of Wales Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 346 | 281 | 137 |
| 2017–18 | 316 | 252 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 356 | 267 | 142 |
| 2019–20 | 310 | 277 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | 379 | 323 | 262 |
| 2021–22 | 367 | 318 | 231 |
| 2022–23 | 362 | 300 | 222 |
| 2023–24 | 194 | 267 | 206 |
| 2024–25 | 106 | 285 | 183 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital · Bunion surgery across Australia · Bunion surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales