Keyhole sinus surgery waiting time at Prince of Wales Hospital
Half of patients at Prince of Wales Hospital waited 371 days or less for keyhole sinus surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery". 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
- 371 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 41 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 56 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 322 days in 2016–17 to 371 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 5 km away, at 299 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 371 days | not published | 41 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 310 days | 19.6% | 922 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 214 days | 22.7% | 2508 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 5 km away: 299 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 107 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 99 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 352 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 296 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 316 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 327 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 362 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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 | 322 | 292 | 111 |
| 2017–18 | 339 | 306 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 358 | 305 | 139 |
| 2019–20 | 219 | 286 | 127 |
| 2020–21 | 361 | 293 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 72 | 290 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | 469 | 340 | 292 |
| 2023–24 | 350 | 318 | 274 |
| 2024–25 | 371 | 310 | 214 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital · Keyhole sinus surgery across Australia · Keyhole sinus surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales