Breast lump removal waiting time at St George Hospital NSW
Half of patients at St George Hospital NSW waited 19 days or less for breast lump removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy". This public hospital is in the Kogarah 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
- 19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 209 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 105 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 13 days in 2016–17 to 19 days in 2024–25 — up 46% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Hospital for Women, about 11 km away, at 18 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George Hospital NSW | 19 days | 0.0% | 209 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 0.1% | 2784 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 17 days | 0.2% | 10691 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.
Royal Hospital for Women, NSW · about 11 km away: 18 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 47 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 13 km away: 21 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 15 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 13 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 23 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 23 km away: 22 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 24 km away: 15 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St George Hospital NSW
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St George Hospital NSW (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 13 | 16 | 15 |
| 2017–18 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| 2018–19 | 15 | 18 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | 15 | 19 | 16 |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 17 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 15 | 18 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 20 | 17 |
| 2024–25 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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