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Bunion surgery waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for bunion surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 285 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 183 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of".

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

40 public hospitals in New South Wales reported bunion surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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35 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 183 days marks the national median.

Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of 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 Prince of Wales Hospital 106 days not published 23 surgeries
2 Dubbo Hospital 320 days not published 10 surgeries
3 Ryde Hospital 324 days not published 10 surgeries
4 Fairfield Hospital 360 days not published 11 surgeries
5 Wollongong Hospital 402 days not published 26 surgeries
unranked Armidale Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Belmont Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Broken Hill Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Campbelltown Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Canterbury Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Casino and District Memorial Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Coffs Harbour Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Concord Repatriation Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Gosford Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Goulburn Base Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Grafton Base Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Hawkesbury Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital not published not published not published
unranked John Hunter Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Kempsey District Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Lismore Base Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Lithgow Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Maitland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mount Druitt Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Mudgee Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Nepean Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Northern Beaches Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Orange Health Service not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Port Macquarie Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal North Shore Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics not published not published not published
unranked Shoalhaven Hospital not published not published not published
unranked St George Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] not published not published not published
unranked Sutherland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Tamworth Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Tweed Valley Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Wagga Wagga Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Westmead Hospital not published not published not published
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The median wait for bunion surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 285 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

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