Womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) waiting time at Royal Hospital for Women
Half of patients at Royal Hospital for Women waited 61 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 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
- 61 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 3.5%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 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 25 days in 2016–17 to 61 days in 2024–25 — up 144% — while the national median rose from 54 days to 71 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 3.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hospital for Women | 61 days | 3.5% | 57 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 34 km away: 299 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 44 km away: 69 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 52 km away: 77 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 108 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 88 km away: 298 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 | 25 | 57 | 54 |
| 2017–18 | 42 | 57 | 59 |
| 2018–19 | 45 | 56 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 65 | 68 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 75 | 82 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 77 | 84 |
| 2022–23 | 35 | 62 | 74 |
| 2023–24 | 42 | 62 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 61 | 77 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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