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Aortic aneurysm repair waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for aortic aneurysm repair in New South Wales public hospitals was 30 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 24 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement".

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

The source splits aortic aneurysm repair in two: this page covers "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement", and repairs using a Y-shaped graft that splits into the two main arteries to the legs are on replacement of aortic aneurysm with bifurcation graft.

17 public hospitals in New South Wales reported aortic aneurysm repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

9 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 24 days marks the national median.

Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Wollongong Hospital 3 days not published 14 surgeries
2 Westmead Hospital 16 days not published 35 surgeries
3 St George Hospital NSW 20 days not published 14 surgeries
4 Gosford Hospital 33 days not published 30 surgeries
5 Port Macquarie Base Hospital 40 days not published 14 surgeries
6 Concord Repatriation Hospital 45 days not published 19 surgeries
7 Liverpool Hospital 63 days not published 31 surgeries
8 Nepean Hospital 71 days not published 10 surgeries
unranked Coffs Harbour Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Lismore Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Northern Beaches Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Prince of Wales Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal North Shore Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Royal Prince Alfred Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Sutherland Hospital not published not published not published
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The median wait for aortic aneurysm repair in New South Wales public hospitals was 30 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Aortic aneurysm repair waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/abdominal-or-thoracic-aortic-aneurysm-repair-replacement/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/abdominal-or-thoracic-aortic-aneurysm-repair-replacement/nsw/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.