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Breast reconstruction waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for breast reconstruction in New South Wales public hospitals was 194 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 146 days.

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

28 public hospitals in New South Wales reported breast reconstruction in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Breast reconstruction" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

18 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 146 days marks the national median.

Breast reconstruction 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 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 13 days not published 18 surgeries
2 Mount Druitt Hospital 93 days not published 28 surgeries
3 Concord Repatriation Hospital 134 days not published 30 surgeries
4 Royal Hospital for Women 233 days not published 22 surgeries
5 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] 284 days not published 34 surgeries
6 St George Hospital NSW 285 days not published 10 surgeries
7 Calvary Mater Newcastle 291 days not published 30 surgeries
8 Nepean Hospital 319 days not published 11 surgeries
9 Gosford Hospital 365 days not published 11 surgeries
10 Westmead Hospital 373 days not published 17 surgeries
unranked Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Cessnock Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Coffs Harbour Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Fairfield Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Hawkesbury Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Lismore Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Liverpool Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Maitland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Northern Beaches Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Port Macquarie Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Prince of Wales Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Royal North Shore Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Shellharbour Hospital not published not published not published
unranked South East Regional Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Tweed Valley Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Wagga Wagga Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Wollongong Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Wyong Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Camperdown · near Randwick · near Westmead.

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The median wait for breast reconstruction in New South Wales public hospitals was 194 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Breast reconstruction waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-reconstruction/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/breast-reconstruction/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.