Prolapse repair waiting time at Royal Hospital for Women
Half of patients at Royal Hospital for Women waited 283 days or less for prolapse repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior". 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
- 283 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 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 66 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 43 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 91 days in 2016–17 to 283 days in 2024–25 — up 211% — while the national median rose from 96 days to 165 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 6 km away, at 22 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hospital for Women | 283 days | not published | 16 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 251 days | 20.0% | 780 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 165 days | 16.9% | 2117 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 165 days marks the national median.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 22 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 11 km away: 411 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 81 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 332 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 82 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 28 km away: 253 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 34 km away: 322 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 44 km away: 352 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 | 91 | 127 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 178 | 169 | 126 |
| 2018–19 | 238 | 152 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 77 | 168 | 119 |
| 2020–21 | 215 | 286 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 215 | 183 |
| 2022–23 | 261 | 251 | 220 |
| 2023–24 | 121 | 234 | 176 |
| 2024–25 | 283 | 251 | 165 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hospital for Women · Prolapse repair across Australia · Prolapse repair in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales