Heart valve replacement waiting time at St George Hospital NSW
Half of patients at St George Hospital NSW waited 10 days or less for heart valve replacement 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
- 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
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 12 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 34 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 13 km away: 7 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 54 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 23 km away: 72 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 1 day
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 127 km away: 37 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 241 km away: 30 days
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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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.
All surgery at St George Hospital NSW · Heart valve replacement across Australia · Heart valve replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales