Heart valve replacement waiting time at St George Hospital NSW
The median wait for heart valve replacement at this public hospital in the Kogarah area of New South Wales was 10 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 10 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 29 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 42 days in 2016–17 to 10 days in 2024–25 — down 76% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 13 km away, at 7 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George Hospital NSW | 10 days | not published | 29 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 22 days | 0.0% | 574 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.9% | 2205 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
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 | 42 | 35 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 34 | 37 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 25 | 37 | 28 |
| 2019–20 | 55 | 35 | 26 |
| 2020–21 | 85 | 28 | 27 |
| 2021–22 | 35 | 34 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 21 | 29 |
| 2023–24 | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| 2024–25 | 10 | 22 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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