Ovary and fallopian tube surgery waiting time at Royal Hospital for Women
Half of patients at Royal Hospital for Women waited 47 days or less for ovary and fallopian tube surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy". 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
- 47 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 75 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 9.3%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 100 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 31 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 26 days in 2016–17 to 47 days in 2024–25 — up 81% — while the national median rose from 41 days to 56 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 6 km away, at 29 days. Here, 9.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hospital for Women | 47 days | 9.3% | 75 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 5.3% | 1262 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 2.4% | 4989 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 56 days marks the national median.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 29 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 11 km away: 83 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 49 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 95 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 165 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 62 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 73 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 88 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 | 26 | 49 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 30 | 51 | 43 |
| 2018–19 | 37 | 53 | 48 |
| 2019–20 | 66 | 59 | 50 |
| 2020–21 | 30 | 71 | 64 |
| 2021–22 | 17 | 69 | 63 |
| 2022–23 | 41 | 82 | 69 |
| 2023–24 | 40 | 63 | 57 |
| 2024–25 | 47 | 71 | 56 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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