Hysterectomy waiting time at Royal Hospital for Women
Half of patients at Royal Hospital for Women waited 24 days or less for hysterectomy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)". 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
- 24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 246 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.6%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 126 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 risen from 18 days in 2011–12 to 24 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hospital for Women | 24 days | 1.6% | 246 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 99 days | 12.2% | 2971 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 7.4% | 9163 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 30 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 11 km away: 121 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 41 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 170 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 320 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 77 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 68 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 139 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 18 | 57 | 53 |
| 2012–13 | 22 | 60 | 53 |
| 2013–14 | 15 | 55 | 52 |
| 2014–15 | 17 | 60 | 55 |
| 2015–16 | 18 | 62 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 19 | 64 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | 20 | 66 | 57 |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 69 | 61 |
| 2019–20 | 34 | 71 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 21 | 96 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 81 | 74 |
| 2022–23 | 21 | 101 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 42 | 96 | 77 |
| 2024–25 | 24 | 99 | 74 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hospital for Women · Hysterectomy across Australia · Hysterectomy in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales