Dialysis access surgery waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for dialysis access surgery in Australian public hospitals was 15 days in 2024–25 — from 1 day at Broome Hospital to 71 days at Osborne Park Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for dialysis access surgery in public hospitals was 15 days in 2024–25, from 5765 surgeries. 0.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 75 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New South Wales | 10 days | 0.3% | 1797 surgeries |
| 2 | Western Australia | 12 days | 0.1% | 1390 surgeries |
| 3 | Northern Territory | 19 days | 1.0% | 194 surgeries |
| 4 | Queensland | 20 days | 0.4% | 1114 surgeries |
| 4 | Victoria | 20 days | 0.4% | 944 surgeries |
| 6 | South Australia | 22 days | 0.3% | 315 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | 11 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- NSW
- WA
- NT
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | NSW (days) | WA (days) | NT (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 12 | 8 | 8 | not published |
| 2017–18 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| 2019–20 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
| 2020–21 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 2022–23 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 24 |
| 2023–24 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 18 |
| 2024–25 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 19 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for dialysis access surgery in a public hospital?
The national median was 15 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 10 days in New South Wales to 22 days in South Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for dialysis access surgery?
Of the 75 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Broome Hospital reported the shortest (1 day) and Osborne Park Hospital the longest (71 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
0.3% of people who had dialysis access surgery in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
Cite this page
The national median wait for dialysis access surgery in Australian public hospitals was 15 days in 2024–25, from 1 day at Broome Hospital to 71 days at Osborne Park Hospital.
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SurgeryWaits, "Dialysis access surgery waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/dialysis-access-surgery/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/dialysis-access-surgery.svg" width="720" height="352" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Dialysis access surgery by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.