Breast reconstruction waiting time at St George Hospital NSW
Half of patients at St George Hospital NSW waited 285 days or less for breast reconstruction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 285 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 34 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 10 km away, at 13 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George Hospital NSW | 285 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 194 days | 16.5% | 272 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 146 days | 25.7% | 1192 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 146 days marks the national median.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 13 days
Royal Hospital for Women, NSW · about 11 km away: 233 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 13 km away: 284 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 134 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 23 km away: 373 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 93 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 45 km away: 319 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 365 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 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 96 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 118 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 137 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 113 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | 103 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 136 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 127 | 149 |
| 2024–25 | 285 | 194 | 146 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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