Breast lump removal waiting time at Royal Hospital for Women
Half of patients at Royal Hospital for Women waited 18 days or less for breast lump removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy". 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
- 18 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 76 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 20 days in 2016–17 to 18 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal North Shore Hospital, about 12 km away, at 13 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hospital for Women | 18 days | 0.0% | 76 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 0.1% | 2784 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 17 days | 0.2% | 10691 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 5 km away: 21 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 11 km away: 19 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 13 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 15 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 13 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 47 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 22 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 13 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Hospital for Women
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Hospital for Women (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 20 | 16 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 18 | 17 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 18 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | 13 | 19 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 13 | 17 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 13 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 20 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hospital for Women · Breast lump removal across Australia · Breast lump removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales