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Vascular surgery in New South Wales

Vascular surgery in New South Wales: planned surgery waiting times at public hospitals, with the national figures beside them. Public hospitals in New South Wales that published a median wait in 2024–25: 33.

A specialty covers many operations. Its figures describe all the patients treated under the specialty, and say nothing about one operation.

Figures for New South Wales

Each tile shows the state figure and the national figure for the same measure. A state figure is never ranked.

Median wait, New South Wales
25 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Median wait, Australia
25 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, New South Wales
2.0%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
2.4%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, New South Wales
6,032 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Australia
18,750 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Hospitals in New South Wales

The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.

A rank compares a hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

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Vascular surgery: public hospitals in New South Wales2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Tamworth Hospital1 dayRank 1st of 88 nationally17.5%Rank 68th of 70 nationally80 surgeries
Shoalhaven Hospital9 daysRank 5th of 88 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure10 surgeries
Dubbo Hospital10 daysRank 6th of 88 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure34 surgeries
Royal North Shore Hospital14 daysRank 11th of 88 nationally1.2%Rank 32nd of 70 nationally336 surgeries
Lismore Base Hospital15 daysRank 12th of 88 nationally0.3%Rank 22nd of 70 nationally382 surgeries
Wagga Wagga Hospital16 daysRank 15th of 88 nationally6.7%Rank 64th of 70 nationally267 surgeries
Westmead Hospital16 daysRank 15th of 88 nationally0.2%Rank 19th of 70 nationally409 surgeries
Port Macquarie Base Hospital17 daysRank 18th of 88 nationally0.5%Rank 26th of 70 nationally219 surgeries
Orange Health Service18 daysRank 19th of 88 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure35 surgeries
St George Hospital NSW18 daysRank 19th of 88 nationally3.8%Rank 49th of 70 nationally184 surgeries
Gosford Hospital21 daysRank 27th of 88 nationally0.5%Rank 26th of 70 nationally207 surgeries
Wollongong Hospital21 daysRank 27th of 88 nationally5.2%Rank 56th of 70 nationally556 surgeries
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital22 daysRank 31st of 88 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 70 nationally95 surgeries
Northern Beaches Hospital22 daysRank 31st of 88 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 70 nationally131 surgeries
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital23 daysRank 36th of 88 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 70 nationally383 surgeries
Prince of Wales Hospital24 daysRank 37th of 88 nationally1.4%Rank 35th of 70 nationally215 surgeries
Liverpool Hospital25 daysRank 40th of 88 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 70 nationally459 surgeries
Sutherland Hospital25 daysRank 40th of 88 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure43 surgeries
John Hunter Hospital27 daysRank 50th of 88 nationally6.6%Rank 63rd of 70 nationally137 surgeries
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital28 daysRank 51st of 88 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 70 nationally65 surgeries
Coffs Harbour Hospital29 daysRank 53rd of 88 nationally11.1%Rank 67th of 70 nationally117 surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]31 daysRank 57th of 88 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 70 nationally133 surgeries
The Tweed Hospital32 daysRank 58th of 88 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure47 surgeries
Concord Repatriation Hospital35 daysRank 59th of 88 nationally0.2%Rank 19th of 70 nationally523 surgeries
Wyong Hospital51 daysRank 67th of 88 nationally3.2%Rank 46th of 70 nationally156 surgeries
Blacktown Hospital62 daysRank 70th of 88 nationally2.0%Rank 39th of 70 nationally101 surgeries
Nepean Hospital75 daysRank 74th of 88 nationally2.3%Rank 40th of 70 nationally341 surgeries
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital127 daysRank 79th of 88 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure49 surgeries
Ballina District Hospital149 daysRank 80th of 88 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 70 nationally65 surgeries
Blue Mountains Hospital282 daysRank 84th of 88 nationally5.5%Rank 59th of 70 nationally55 surgeries
Auburn Hospital306 daysRank 85th of 88 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 70 nationally110 surgeries
Fairfield Hospital317 daysRank 86th of 88 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure35 surgeries
Mount Druitt Hospital346 daysRank 88th of 88 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure46 surgeries
Ryde Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure7 surgeries

Each chart shows one figure for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

The charts show Australia and New South Wales.

Vascular surgery: median wait by financial year2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
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Vascular surgery: median wait by financial year2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustraliaNew South Wales
2011–1220 days19 days
2012–1320 days20 days
2013–1419 days19 days
2014–1520 days20 days
2015–1621 days21 days
2016–1721 days20 days
2017–1823 days21 days
2018–1922 days20 days
2019–2021 days19 days
2020–2122 days21 days
2021–2220 days18 days
2022–2324 days24 days
2023–2426 days23 days
2024–2525 days25 days

All of Australia: Vascular surgery

Other states and territories

The same surgery in each state or territory with hospital figures.

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

Before you use these figures

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/