Breast implant removal waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital
Half of patients at Royal North Shore Hospital waited 86 days or less for breast implant removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Breast prosthesis - removal of". This public hospital is in the St Leonards 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
- 86 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 56 days in 2023–24 to 86 days in 2024–25 — up 54% — while the national median fell from 111 days to 96 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 9 km away, at 66 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 86 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 16.1% | 192 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 96 days | 14.5% | 708 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 96 days marks the national median.
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 66 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 343 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 45 km away: 336 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 47 km away: 146 days
Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW · about 114 km away: 156 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal North Shore Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 59 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 64 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 82 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 71 | 81 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 92 | 86 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 101 | 101 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 125 | 126 |
| 2023–24 | 56 | 90 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 86 | 96 | 96 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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