Carotid endarterectomy waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for carotid endarterectomy.

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

21 public hospitals in New South Wales reported carotid endarterectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 23 days; the national median was 20 days.

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10 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 20 days marks the national median.

Westmead Hospital16 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital20 days
Wollongong Hospital21 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital22 days
Gosford Hospital22 days
Lismore Base Hospital22 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital23 days
John Hunter Hospital31 days
Nepean Hospital45 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital48 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital50 days
Blacktown Hospitalnot published
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospitalnot published
Liverpool Hospitalnot published
Northern Beaches Hospitalnot published
Prince of Wales Hospitalnot published
Royal North Shore Hospitalnot published
St George Hospital NSWnot published
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]not published
Sutherland Hospitalnot published
Wyong Hospitalnot published

Carotid endarterectomy 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	Westmead Hospital	16 days	not published	34 surgeries
2	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	20 days	not published	39 surgeries
3	Wollongong Hospital	21 days	not published	33 surgeries
4	Coffs Harbour Hospital	22 days	not published	15 surgeries
4	Gosford Hospital	22 days	not published	34 surgeries
4	Lismore Base Hospital	22 days	not published	33 surgeries
7	Wagga Wagga Hospital	23 days	not published	18 surgeries
8	John Hunter Hospital	31 days	not published	28 surgeries
9	Nepean Hospital	45 days	not published	18 surgeries
10	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	48 days	not published	28 surgeries
11	Concord Repatriation Hospital	50 days	not published	15 surgeries
unranked	Blacktown Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Liverpool Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Northern Beaches Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Prince of Wales Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Royal North Shore Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	St George Hospital NSW	not published	not published	not published
unranked	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Sutherland Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Wyong Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries

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.