Surgery Waits

Endometrial ablation waiting time at Royal Hospital for Women

The median wait for endometrial ablation at this public hospital in the Randwick area of New South Wales was 61 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
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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Endometrial ablation, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Hospital for Women61 days3.5%57 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)77 days6.5%430 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)71 days4.9%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for endometrial ablation by financial year at Royal Hospital for Women, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Hospital for Women 61NSW 77Australia 71
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Median wait in days for Endometrial ablation, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Hospital for Women (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17255754
2017–18425759
2018–19455659
2019–20656864
2020–21not published7582
2021–22not published7784
2022–23356274
2023–24426258
2024–25617771

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

All surgery at Royal Hospital for Women · Endometrial ablation across Australia · Endometrial ablation in New South Wales