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title: "Public hospital surgery waiting times in New South Wales"
description: "Public hospital surgery waiting times in New South Wales for 2024–25: every surgery type's state median, every hospital, urgency-category performance and cross-border comparisons."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/"
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# Public hospital surgery waiting times in New South Wales

In 2024–25, New South Wales's median waits ranged from **2 days** for unhealed fracture repair to **348 days** for droopy eyelid repair, across 98 public hospitals.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

New South Wales public hospitals report their planned-surgery waiting times to the national collection once a year. This page brings the state's figures together: every surgery type with a published state median, every hospital, and the urgency-category performance — each linking to the detailed comparison.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

## Waiting times by surgery in New South Wales

Median waiting time by surgery type in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25, shortest first. Surgeries with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Surgery | State median | National median | Waited more than 365 days | Hospitals reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Unhealed fracture repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/fracture-non-union-treatment-of/nsw/) | 2 days | 5 days | 0.6% | 45 |
| 2 | [Curettage and evacuation of uterus](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/curettage-and-evacuation-of-uterus/nsw/) | 7 days | 4 days | 0.3% | 61 |
| 3 | [Dialysis access surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/nsw/) | 10 days | 15 days | 0.3% | 42 |
| 4 | [Testicle removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/orchidectomy/nsw/) | 14 days | 11 days | 1.2% | 38 |
| 5 | [Brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/craniotomy/nsw/) | 15 days | 20 days | 1.0% | 14 |
| 6 | [Armpit lymph node removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/axillary-node-dissection/nsw/) | 16 days | 12 days | 0.0% | 34 |
| 7 | [Major neck lymph node surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/radical-neck-dissection/nsw/) | 18 days | 15 days | 1.8% | 19 |
| 8 | [Breast lump removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-lump-removal/nsw/) | 19 days | 17 days | 0.1% | 56 |
| 8 | [Heart bypass surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/coronary-artery-bypass-grafting/nsw/) | 19 days | 19 days | 0.0% | 11 |
| 10 | [Large bowel surgery (colectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/colectomy-anterior-resection-large-bowel-resection/nsw/) | 20 days | 18 days | 1.0% | 45 |
| 10 | [Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lobectomy-wedge-resection-pneumonectomy/nsw/) | 20 days | 17 days | 0.0% | 18 |
| 12 | [Breast removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastectomy/nsw/) | 21 days | 19 days | 1.8% | 45 |
| 13 | [Heart valve replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/heart-valve-replacement/nsw/) | 22 days | 33 days | 0.0% | 10 |
| 14 | [Carotid artery plaque removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/carotid-endarterectomy/nsw/) | 23 days | 20 days | 0.3% | 21 |
| 15 | [Femoro-popliteal bypass graft](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/femoro-popliteal-bypass-graft/nsw/) | 24 days | 23 days | 0.0% | 17 |
| 16 | [Voice box scope surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/microlaryngoscopy/nsw/) | 26 days | 26 days | 3.1% | 31 |
| 17 | [Kidney drainage stent insertion](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/nsw/) | 28 days | 24 days | 0.5% | 36 |
| 17 | [Shock wave stone treatment](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lithotripsy/nsw/) | 28 days | 28 days | 0.7% | 28 |
| 19 | [Aortic aneurysm repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/abdominal-or-thoracic-aortic-aneurysm-repair-replacement/nsw/) | 30 days | 24 days | 0.0% | 17 |
| 19 | [Skin lesion removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/nsw/) | 30 days | 26 days | 1.4% | 83 |
| 19 | [Urine passage widening](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/urethra-dilatation-of/nsw/) | 30 days | 27 days | 0.8% | 30 |
| 22 | [Bladder scope (cystoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cystoscopy/nsw/) | 34 days | 26 days | 1.7% | 59 |
| 22 | [Retina surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/vitrectomy-including-buckling-cryotherapy/nsw/) | 34 days | 26 days | 3.6% | 14 |
| 24 | [LLETZ procedure](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lletz-procedure/nsw/) | 35 days | 33 days | 0.1% | 58 |
| 25 | [Kidney removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nephrectomy/nsw/) | 36 days | 30 days | 0.8% | 32 |
| 26 | [Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/congenital-cardiac-defect-s-procedure-for/nsw/) | 37 days | 74 days | 0.0% | 8 |
| 27 | [Prostate biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/prostate-biopsy/nsw/) | 38 days | 33 days | 0.1% | 36 |
| 28 | [Bladder removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cystectomy/nsw/) | 40 days | 29 days | 1.0% | 41 |
| 28 | [Dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/nsw/) | 40 days | 28 days | 1.1% | 66 |
| 30 | [Examination of eye under anaesthesia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/examination-of-eye-under-anaesthesia/nsw/) | 43 days | 34 days | 2.4% | 23 |
| 31 | [Salivary gland removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of/nsw/) | 44 days | 45 days | 5.6% | 36 |
| 31 | [Tendon release](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tendon-release/nsw/) | 44 days | 34 days | 8.6% | 49 |
| 33 | [Anal fissure repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/anal-fissure-repair-of/nsw/) | 46 days | 40 days | 0.4% | 59 |
| 33 | [Bartholin's abscess drainage](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/bartholins-abscess-drainage/nsw/) | 46 days | 24 days | 3.6% | 39 |
| 35 | [Glaucoma drainage surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trabeculectomy/nsw/) | 54 days | 32 days | 0.0% | 21 |
| 36 | [Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/toenail-surgery/nsw/) | 55 days | 48 days | 3.6% | 68 |
| 37 | [Spinal disc removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/discectomy/nsw/) | 56 days | 41 days | 8.8% | 15 |
| 38 | [Gallbladder removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/nsw/) | 58 days | 48 days | 3.2% | 66 |
| 39 | [Kidney drainage blockage repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/nsw/) | 63 days | 41 days | 6.1% | 20 |
| 40 | [Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/nsw/) | 70 days | 69 days | 6.0% | 64 |
| 40 | [Thyroid gland removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/nsw/) | 70 days | 56 days | 7.2% | 43 |
| 42 | [Ovary and fallopian tube surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/nsw/) | 71 days | 56 days | 5.3% | 58 |
| 42 | [Urinary stone removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/stone-s-urinary-tract-removal-of/nsw/) | 71 days | 25 days | 4.1% | 26 |
| 44 | [Undescended testicle surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/orchidopexy/nsw/) | 76 days | 78 days | 4.9% | 26 |
| 45 | [Prostate surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/prostate-surgery/nsw/) | 77 days | 55 days | 5.0% | 40 |
| 45 | [Womb lining removal (endometrial ablation)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/endometrial-ablation/nsw/) | 77 days | 71 days | 6.5% | 45 |
| 47 | [Haemorrhoid surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/haemorrhoid-surgery/nsw/) | 81 days | 63 days | 3.1% | 75 |
| 48 | [Myomectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myomectomy/nsw/) | 82 days | 73 days | 7.4% | 25 |
| 49 | [Mastoid surgery behind the ear](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/mastoidectomy/nsw/) | 86 days | 99 days | 14.1% | 26 |
| 49 | [Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy-without-insertion-of-grommets/nsw/) | 86 days | 59 days | 8.3% | 16 |
| 49 | [Tailbone cyst surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pilonidal-sinus-surgery/nsw/) | 86 days | 65 days | 4.9% | 56 |
| 52 | [Cleft lip and palate repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cleft-lip-and-palate-repair-of/nsw/) | 87 days | 80 days | 1.1% | 8 |
| 52 | [Spinal bone removal (laminectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laminectomy/nsw/) | 87 days | 66 days | 14.0% | 18 |
| 54 | [Reflux surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/fundoplication/nsw/) | 92 days | 90 days | 9.6% | 26 |
| 55 | [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/circumcision/nsw/) | 94 days | 80 days | 11.4% | 60 |
| 56 | [Breast implant removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-prosthesis-removal-of/nsw/) | 96 days | 96 days | 16.1% | 35 |
| 56 | [Carpal tunnel surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/carpal-tunnel-surgery/nsw/) | 96 days | 71 days | 8.9% | 71 |
| 58 | [Parathyroid gland removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/parathyroidectomy/nsw/) | 98 days | 82 days | 7.5% | 37 |
| 59 | [Hysterectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hysterectomy/nsw/) | 99 days | 74 days | 12.2% | 55 |
| 60 | [Inguinal hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/nsw/) | 101 days | 73 days | 8.1% | 74 |
| 61 | [Hiatus hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia/nsw/) | 104 days | 88 days | 14.1% | 34 |
| 62 | [Joint replacement revision](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroplasty-revision-of/nsw/) | 115 days | 77 days | 10.7% | 31 |
| 62 | [Trapped nerve release (other nerves)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nerve-decompression/nsw/) | 115 days | 96 days | 13.2% | 41 |
| 64 | [Eardrum drainage](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/myringotomy/nsw/) | 120 days | 80 days | 10.3% | 41 |
| 65 | [Shoulder decompression surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acromioplasty-arthroscopy-shoulder-sub-acromial-decompression/nsw/) | 127 days | 92 days | 9.7% | 21 |
| 66 | [Grommets](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/grommets/nsw/) | 128 days | 90 days | 10.5% | 41 |
| 67 | [Scar revision](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/scar-revision/nsw/) | 131 days | 83 days | 7.6% | 42 |
| 68 | [Hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/nsw/) | 132 days | 86 days | 10.6% | 80 |
| 69 | [ACL reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acl-reconstruction/nsw/) | 134 days | 81 days | 9.8% | 53 |
| 69 | [Keyhole joint surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/nsw/) | 134 days | 78 days | 10.8% | 58 |
| 69 | [Tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lingual-or-maxillary-frenulum-surgery/nsw/) | 134 days | 50 days | 16.6% | 34 |
| 72 | [Torn knee cartilage removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/meniscectomy/nsw/) | 142 days | 57 days | 7.9% | 33 |
| 73 | [Dermoid cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dermoid-cyst-removal-of/nsw/) | 146 days | 86 days | 13.1% | 37 |
| 74 | [Neck disc removal and fusion](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cervical-discectomy-and-fusion/nsw/) | 153 days | 94 days | 19.2% | 13 |
| 75 | [Trigger finger release](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trigger-finger-release/nsw/) | 157 days | 90 days | 13.2% | 60 |
| 76 | [Epididymal cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/epididymal-cyst-removal-of/nsw/) | 158 days | 116 days | 10.9% | 51 |
| 77 | [Hydrocele surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hydrocele-repair-of/nsw/) | 170 days | 95 days | 14.7% | 60 |
| 78 | [Bone realignment surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/osteotomy/nsw/) | 180 days | 135 days | 16.4% | 47 |
| 79 | [Breast reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-reconstruction/nsw/) | 194 days | 146 days | 16.5% | 28 |
| 80 | [Rotator cuff repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/rotator-cuff-repair/nsw/) | 247 days | 111 days | 20.9% | 44 |
| 81 | [Ganglion cyst removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ganglion-excision-of/nsw/) | 250 days | 105 days | 17.8% | 60 |
| 82 | [Prolapse repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/prolapse-repair/nsw/) | 251 days | 165 days | 20.0% | 52 |
| 83 | [Varicose vein surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/varicose-vein-surgery/nsw/) | 255 days | 133 days | 9.4% | 37 |
| 84 | [Hip replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hip-replacement/nsw/) | 265 days | 130 days | 20.9% | 44 |
| 85 | [Female sterilisation](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/female-sterilisation/nsw/) | 267 days | 129 days | 18.9% | 42 |
| 86 | [Cataract surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cataract-surgery/nsw/) | 268 days | 106 days | 22.0% | 50 |
| 87 | [Shoulder reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-reconstruction/nsw/) | 272 days | 88 days | 13.4% | 23 |
| 88 | [Adenoid removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/adenoidectomy/nsw/) | 274 days | 144 days | 18.3% | 37 |
| 89 | [Out-turned eyelid repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ectropion-correction-of/nsw/) | 275 days | 136 days | 23.0% | 30 |
| 90 | [Squint surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/squint-surgery/nsw/) | 281 days | 155 days | 25.4% | 17 |
| 91 | [Hypospadias - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hypospadias-repair-of/nsw/) | 284 days | 114 days | 23.5% | 10 |
| 92 | [Bunion surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/bunion-surgery/nsw/) | 285 days | 183 days | 20.8% | 40 |
| 93 | [Breast reduction](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-reduction/nsw/) | 296 days | 309 days | 20.0% | 30 |
| 94 | [Dacryocystorhinostomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dacryocystorhinostomy/nsw/) | 307 days | 254 days | 28.7% | 17 |
| 94 | [Joint fusion surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthrodesis/nsw/) | 307 days | 158 days | 23.6% | 48 |
| 96 | [Keyhole sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/functional-endoscopic-sinus-surgery/nsw/) | 310 days | 214 days | 19.6% | 33 |
| 97 | [Turbinate surgery (inside the nose)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/turbinectomy/nsw/) | 320 days | 269 days | 16.5% | 25 |
| 98 | [Tonsillectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tonsillectomy/nsw/) | 322 days | 182 days | 21.2% | 41 |
| 99 | [Shoulder joint replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/nsw/) | 325 days | 174 days | 30.9% | 48 |
| 100 | [Dupuytren's contracture surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/nsw/) | 329 days | 150 days | 27.7% | 54 |
| 101 | [Eardrum repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/nsw/) | 330 days | 264 days | 27.9% | 37 |
| 102 | [Excess eyelid skin removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/blepharoplasty/nsw/) | 335 days | 246 days | 27.0% | 26 |
| 103 | [Deviated septum surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/septoplasty/nsw/) | 340 days | 320 days | 26.6% | 35 |
| 103 | [Knee replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/nsw/) | 340 days | 255 days | 31.3% | 45 |
| 105 | [Nose and throat scope](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nasendoscopy/nsw/) | 343 days | 277 days | 25.5% | 28 |
| 106 | [Pterygium (eye growth) removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pterygium-excision-of/nsw/) | 346 days | 197 days | 32.1% | 36 |
| 107 | [Droopy eyelid repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ptosis-repair-of/nsw/) | 348 days | 238 days | 36.0% | 25 |

## Treated on time, by urgency category

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. What each category means, with every hospital compared nationally, is on [the urgency categories pages](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/).

Share of patients treated within the clinically recommended time at New South Wales public hospitals, by urgency category, 2024–25. Ranked on Category 1 (urgent); hospitals with the same figure share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Hospital | Category 1 (urgent) | Category 2 (semi-urgent) | Category 3 (non-urgent) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/) | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 1 | [Ballina District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballina-district-hospital/) | 100% | 97% | 99% |
| 1 | [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/) | 100% | 73% | 75% |
| 1 | [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/) | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 1 | [Bowral Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bowral-hospital/) | 100% | 98% | 79% |
| 1 | [Calvary Mater Newcastle](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/calvary-mater-newcastle/) | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 1 | [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/) | 100% | 71% | 78% |
| 1 | [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/) | 100% | 100% | 98% |
| 1 | [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/) | 100% | 86% | 62% |
| 1 | [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | [Cooma Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cooma-hospital-and-health-service/) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | [Deniliquin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/deniliquin-hospital/) | 100% | 83% | 87% |
| 1 | [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/) | 100% | 77% | 62% |
| 1 | [Fairfield Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fairfield-hospital/) | 100% | 97% | 80% |
| 1 | [Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gloucester-soldiers-memorial-hospital/) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/) | 100% | 97% | 99% |
| 1 | [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/) | 100% | 93% | 91% |
| 1 | [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/) | 100% | 89% | 93% |
| 1 | [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/) | 100% | 66% | 37% |
| 1 | [Kurri Kurri Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kurri-kurri-hospital/) | 100% | 68% | 68% |
| 1 | [Lachlan Health Service - Forbes](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lachlan-health-service-forbes/) | 100% | 84% | 95% |
| 1 | [Lachlan Health Service - Parkes](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lachlan-health-service-parkes/) | 100% | 95% | 89% |
| 1 | [Lithgow Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lithgow-hospital/) | 100% | 100% | 99% |
| 1 | [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/) | 100% | 68% | 57% |
| 1 | [Moree Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moree-hospital/) | 100% | 90% | 88% |
| 1 | [Mount Druitt Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-druitt-hospital/) | 100% | 99% | 99% |
| 1 | [Mudgee Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mudgee-health-service/) | 100% | 96% | 92% |
| 1 | [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/) | 100% | 73% | 75% |
| 1 | [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/) | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 1 | [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/) | 100% | 76% | 60% |
| 1 | [Queanbeyan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queanbeyan-hospital/) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | [Royal Hospital for Women](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-hospital-for-women/) | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 1 | [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/) | 100% | 63% | 65% |
| 1 | [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | [Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-institute-of-rheumatology-orthopaedics/) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/) | 100% | 99% | 97% |
| 1 | [Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/scott-memorial-hospital-scone/) | 100% | 96% | 100% |
| 1 | [Shoalhaven Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shoalhaven-hospital/) | 100% | 68% | 63% |
| 1 | [Singleton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/singleton-hospital/) | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | [South East Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-east-regional-hospital/) | 100% | 99% | 99% |
| 1 | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/) | 100% | 92% | 95% |
| 1 | [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/) | 100% | 81% | 79% |
| 1 | [Sydney Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-childrens-hospital/) | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 1 | [Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-hospital-sydney-eye-hospital/) | 100% | 46% | 35% |
| 1 | [Temora Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/temora-hospital/) | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 1 | [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/) | 100% | 98% | 82% |
| 1 | [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/) | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 1 | [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/) | 100% | 64% | 47% |
| 1 | [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/) | 100% | 83% | 73% |
| 51 | [Armidale Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armidale-hospital/) | 99% | 97% | 89% |
| 51 | [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/) | 99% | 85% | 84% |
| 51 | [Blue Mountains Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blue-mountains-hospital/) | 99% | 92% | 93% |
| 51 | [Cessnock Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cessnock-hospital/) | 99% | 75% | 93% |
| 51 | [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/) | 99% | 100% | 99% |
| 51 | [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/) | 99% | 64% | 43% |
| 51 | [Manning Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/manning-hospital/) | 99% | 60% | 60% |
| 51 | [Moruya Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moruya-hospital/) | 99% | 100% | 100% |
| 51 | [Muswellbrook Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/muswellbrook-hospital/) | 99% | 100% | 100% |
| 51 | [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/) | 99% | 86% | 74% |
| 51 | [Shellharbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shellharbour-hospital/) | 99% | 78% | 65% |
| 51 | [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/) | 99% | 94% | 83% |
| 51 | [Wauchope District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wauchope-district-memorial-hospital/) | 99% | 85% | 95% |
| 64 | [Kempsey District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kempsey-district-hospital/) | 98% | 92% | 99% |
| 64 | [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/) | 98% | 61% | 67% |
| 64 | [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/) | 98% | 85% | 90% |
| 64 | [Young Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/young-hospital/) | 98% | 85% | 96% |
| 68 | [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/) | 97% | 91% | 87% |
| 69 | [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/) | 96% | 63% | 69% |
| 70 | [Murwillumbah District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murwillumbah-district-hospital/) | 95% | 88% | 82% |
| 71 | [Casino and District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casino-and-district-memorial-hospital/) | 94% | 98% | 100% |
| 71 | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/) | 94% | 78% | 89% |
| 73 | [Cowra Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cowra-health-service/) | 93% | 88% | 85% |
| 73 | [Grafton Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/grafton-base-hospital/) | 93% | 80% | 62% |
| 73 | [Macksville District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/macksville-district-hospital/) | 93% | 33% | 37% |
| 76 | [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/) | 91% | 79% | 82% |
| 77 | [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/) | 87% | 61% | 59% |
| unranked | [Batemans Bay Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/batemans-bay-hospital/) | not published | 86% | 77% |
| unranked | [Bellinger River District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bellinger-river-district-hospital/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Bourke Multi Purpose Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bourke-multi-purpose-service/) | not published | 62% | 94% |
| unranked | [Coonabarabran Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coonabarabran-health-service/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Cootamundra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cootamundra-hospital/) | not published | 60% | 100% |
| unranked | [Corowa Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/corowa-health-service/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Glen Innes Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/glen-innes-hospital/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Gunnedah Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gunnedah-hospital/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Inverell Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/inverell-hospital/) | not published | 33% | 84% |
| unranked | [Narrabri Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/narrabri-hospital/) | not published | 100% | 100% |
| unranked | [Narrandera Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/narrandera-hospital/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Tumut Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tumut-hospital/) | not published | 98% | not published |

## Across the border from New South Wales

A public hospital referral can cross a state border, and near a border the shorter published wait is often on the other side. These are the biggest published differences involving New South Wales hospitals in 2024–25 — [the full cross-border comparison](https://surgerywaits.au/longest-waits/border/) explains how they are computed, and [the referral guide](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/) explains what crossing the border involves.

Biggest published cross-border differences in median wait involving New South Wales, 2024–25. Hospitals within 100 km of each other, straight-line. A shorter median is not a recommendation.

| Surgery | Longer wait | Across the border | Distance | Difference |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Eardrum repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/eardrum-repair/) | [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/eardrum-repair/), NSW · 736 days | [Gold Coast University Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gold-coast-university-hospital/eardrum-repair/), QLD · 309 days | 95 km | 427 days |
| [Prolapse repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/prolapse-repair/) | [Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-brisbane-womens-hospital/prolapse-repair/), QLD · 363 days | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/prolapse-repair/), NSW · 28 days | 96 km | 335 days |
| [Prolapse repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/prolapse-repair/) | [Ipswich Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ipswich-hospital/prolapse-repair/), QLD · 343 days | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/prolapse-repair/), NSW · 28 days | 99 km | 315 days |
| [Prolapse repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/prolapse-repair/) | [Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queen-elizabeth-ii-jubilee-hospital/prolapse-repair/), QLD · 340 days | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/prolapse-repair/), NSW · 28 days | 84 km | 312 days |
| [Shoulder joint replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | [Ipswich Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ipswich-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/), QLD · 339 days | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/), NSW · 35 days | 99 km | 304 days |

## Compare a surgery at the big hospitals

Each link is one surgery at one hospital: the published median, the nearest alternatives — including across the border — and fourteen years of history.

- **[Skin lesion removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/skin-lesion-removal/nsw/):** [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/)
- **[Hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hernia-repair/nsw/):** [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/hernia-repair/) · [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/hernia-repair/)
- **[Inguinal hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/nsw/):** [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) · [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/)
- **[Carpal tunnel surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/carpal-tunnel-surgery/nsw/):** [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/)
- **[Haemorrhoid surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/haemorrhoid-surgery/nsw/):** [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/haemorrhoid-surgery/) · [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/)
- **[Gallbladder removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/gallbladder-removal/nsw/):** [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/gallbladder-removal/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) · [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/gallbladder-removal/)
- **[Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/laparoscopy/nsw/):** [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/laparoscopy/) · [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/laparoscopy/) · [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/laparoscopy/)
- **[Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/toenail-surgery/nsw/):** [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/toenail-surgery/) · [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/toenail-surgery/) · [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/toenail-surgery/) · [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/toenail-surgery/)
- **[Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/circumcision/nsw/):** [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/circumcision/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/circumcision/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/circumcision/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/circumcision/) · [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/circumcision/) · [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/circumcision/) · [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/circumcision/) · [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/circumcision/) · [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/circumcision/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/circumcision/) · [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/circumcision/) · [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/circumcision/)
- **[Keyhole joint surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/nsw/):** [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/arthroscopy/) · [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/arthroscopy/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/arthroscopy/)
- **[Dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dilatation-and-curettage/nsw/):** [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) · [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/)
- **[Ganglion cyst removal](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/ganglion-excision-of/nsw/):** [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) · [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) · [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) · [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) · [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/)
- **[Hydrocele surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hydrocele-repair-of/nsw/):** [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/)
- **[LLETZ procedure](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lletz-procedure/nsw/):** [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/lletz-procedure/) · [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/lletz-procedure/)
- **[Hysterectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hysterectomy/nsw/):** [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/hysterectomy/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/hysterectomy/) · [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/hysterectomy/)
- **[Trigger finger release](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/trigger-finger-release/nsw/):** [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/trigger-finger-release/) · [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/trigger-finger-release/) · [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) · [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/trigger-finger-release/)
- **[Ovary and fallopian tube surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/nsw/):** [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/)
- **[Bladder scope (cystoscopy)](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cystoscopy/nsw/):** [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/cystoscopy/) · [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/cystoscopy/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/cystoscopy/)
- **[Dupuytren's contracture surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/nsw/):** [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) · [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/)
- **[ACL reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/acl-reconstruction/nsw/):** [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) · [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/acl-reconstruction/)

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, New South Wales's published median waits for planned surgery ranged from 2 days for unhealed fracture repair to 348 days for droopy eyelid repair, across 98 public hospitals (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Public hospital waiting lists in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## Every public hospital in New South Wales

Sorted by how many surgery types each reported for 2024–25. A hospital's own page lists every surgery it reports, its urgency-category figures and its history.

- [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/) — 114 surgery types
- [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/) — 113 surgery types
- [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/) — 111 surgery types
- [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/) — 108 surgery types
- [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/) — 106 surgery types
- [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/) — 106 surgery types
- [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/) — 106 surgery types
- [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/) — 104 surgery types
- [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/) — 103 surgery types
- [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/) — 102 surgery types
- [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/) — 101 surgery types
- [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/) — 99 surgery types
- [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/) — 97 surgery types
- [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/) — 92 surgery types
- [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/) — 91 surgery types
- [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/) — 89 surgery types
- [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/) — 88 surgery types
- [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/) — 86 surgery types
- [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/) — 84 surgery types
- [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/) — 82 surgery types
- [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/) — 82 surgery types
- [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/) — 81 surgery types
- [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/) — 81 surgery types
- [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/) — 81 surgery types
- [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/) — 81 surgery types
- [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/) — 80 surgery types
- [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/) — 79 surgery types
- [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/) — 76 surgery types
- [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/) — 70 surgery types
- [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/) — 69 surgery types
- [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/) — 68 surgery types
- [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/) — 67 surgery types
- [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/) — 64 surgery types
- [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/) — 62 surgery types
- [Blacktown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blacktown-hospital/) — 60 surgery types
- [Grafton Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/grafton-base-hospital/) — 58 surgery types
- [Manning Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/manning-hospital/) — 58 surgery types
- [Sydney Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-childrens-hospital/) — 54 surgery types
- [South East Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-east-regional-hospital/) — 53 surgery types
- [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/) — 52 surgery types
- [Armidale Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/armidale-hospital/) — 48 surgery types
- [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/) — 48 surgery types
- [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/) — 48 surgery types
- [Shoalhaven Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shoalhaven-hospital/) — 48 surgery types
- [Fairfield Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fairfield-hospital/) — 45 surgery types
- [Mount Druitt Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-druitt-hospital/) — 45 surgery types
- [Bowral Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bowral-hospital/) — 43 surgery types
- [Mudgee Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mudgee-health-service/) — 43 surgery types
- [Shellharbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shellharbour-hospital/) — 43 surgery types
- [Kempsey District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kempsey-district-hospital/) — 42 surgery types
- [Moruya Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moruya-hospital/) — 38 surgery types
- [Cessnock Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cessnock-hospital/) — 35 surgery types
- [Casino and District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casino-and-district-memorial-hospital/) — 32 surgery types
- [Cowra Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cowra-health-service/) — 31 surgery types
- [Lithgow Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lithgow-hospital/) — 31 surgery types
- [Calvary Mater Newcastle](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/calvary-mater-newcastle/) — 30 surgery types
- [Ballina District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballina-district-hospital/) — 29 surgery types
- [Cooma Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cooma-hospital-and-health-service/) — 28 surgery types
- [Murwillumbah District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/murwillumbah-district-hospital/) — 28 surgery types
- [Wauchope District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wauchope-district-memorial-hospital/) — 28 surgery types
- [Queanbeyan Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/queanbeyan-hospital/) — 27 surgery types
- [Singleton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/singleton-hospital/) — 26 surgery types
- [Blue Mountains Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blue-mountains-hospital/) — 25 surgery types
- [Moree Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moree-hospital/) — 22 surgery types
- [Royal Hospital for Women](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-hospital-for-women/) — 22 surgery types
- [Kurri Kurri Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kurri-kurri-hospital/) — 21 surgery types
- [Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gloucester-soldiers-memorial-hospital/) — 20 surgery types
- [Lachlan Health Service - Parkes](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lachlan-health-service-parkes/) — 20 surgery types
- [Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-institute-of-rheumatology-orthopaedics/) — 20 surgery types
- [Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-hospital-sydney-eye-hospital/) — 20 surgery types
- [Lachlan Health Service - Forbes](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lachlan-health-service-forbes/) — 18 surgery types
- [Deniliquin Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/deniliquin-hospital/) — 17 surgery types
- [Macksville District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/macksville-district-hospital/) — 17 surgery types
- [Muswellbrook Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/muswellbrook-hospital/) — 16 surgery types
- [Young Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/young-hospital/) — 13 surgery types
- [Narrabri Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/narrabri-hospital/) — 9 surgery types
- [Gunnedah Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gunnedah-hospital/) — 7 surgery types
- [Inverell Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/inverell-hospital/) — 7 surgery types
- [Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/scott-memorial-hospital-scone/) — 7 surgery types
- [Temora Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/temora-hospital/) — 6 surgery types
- [Cootamundra Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cootamundra-hospital/) — 5 surgery types
- [Corowa Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/corowa-health-service/) — 5 surgery types
- [Tumut Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tumut-hospital/) — 4 surgery types
- [Batemans Bay Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/batemans-bay-hospital/) — 3 surgery types
- [Bourke Multi Purpose Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bourke-multi-purpose-service/) — 2 surgery types
- [Glen Innes Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/glen-innes-hospital/) — 2 surgery types
- [Bellinger River District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bellinger-river-district-hospital/) — 1 surgery type
- [Coonabarabran Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coonabarabran-health-service/) — 1 surgery type
- [Narrandera Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/narrandera-hospital/) — 1 surgery type
- [Bulli Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bulli-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Byron Central Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/byron-central-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Leeton Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/leeton-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Maclean District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maclean-district-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Manly Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/manly-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Milton Ulladulla Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/milton-ulladulla-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Mona Vale Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mona-vale-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Pambula Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/pambula-hospital/) — 0 surgery types
- [Springwood Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/springwood-hospital/) — 0 surgery types

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

State medians cover everyone who had that surgery in the state, in all urgency categories together — [how these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/).

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

**In an emergency call 000.**

Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/).

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