Hysterectomy waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital
Half of patients at Royal North Shore Hospital waited 41 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 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
- 41 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 117 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 5.1%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 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 32 days in 2011–12 to 41 days in 2024–25 — up 28% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 8 km away, at 30 days. Here, 5.1% 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 North Shore Hospital | 41 days | 5.1% | 117 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 8 km away: 30 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 77 days
Royal Hospital for Women, NSW · about 12 km away: 24 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 170 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 68 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 76 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 17 km away: 121 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 27 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 32 | 57 | 53 |
| 2012–13 | 42 | 60 | 53 |
| 2013–14 | 31 | 55 | 52 |
| 2014–15 | 34 | 60 | 55 |
| 2015–16 | 38 | 62 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 29 | 64 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | 42 | 66 | 57 |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 69 | 61 |
| 2019–20 | 23 | 71 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 28 | 96 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 81 | 74 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | 101 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 36 | 96 | 77 |
| 2024–25 | 41 | 99 | 74 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital · Hysterectomy across Australia · Hysterectomy in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales