Functional endoscopic sinus surgery waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for functional endoscopic sinus surgery.

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

33 public hospitals in New South Wales reported functional endoscopic sinus surgery in 2024–25. The state median was 310 days; the national median was 214 days.

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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 214 days marks the national median.

Royal North Shore Hospital99 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital107 days
Murwillumbah District Hospital111 days
Nepean Hospital132 days
Dubbo Hospital145 days
Gosford Hospital168 days
Tamworth Hospital204 days
Orange Health Service236 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital294 days
Wollongong Hospital295 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital296 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]299 days
Westmead Hospital304 days
Ryde Hospital316 days
Liverpool Hospital323 days
Auburn Hospital327 days
Tweed Valley Hospital340 days
Campbelltown Hospital347 days
Canterbury Hospital352 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital359 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital362 days
Prince of Wales Hospital371 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital377 days
John Hunter Hospital390 days
Belmont Hospitalnot published
Hawkesbury Hospitalnot published
Kurri Kurri Hospitalnot published
Lismore Base Hospitalnot published
Mudgee Health Servicenot published
Northern Beaches Hospitalnot published
St George Hospital NSWnot published
Sutherland Hospitalnot published
The Children's Hospital at Westmeadnot published

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery 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 North Shore Hospital	99 days	not published	20 surgeries
2	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	107 days	not published	31 surgeries
3	Murwillumbah District Hospital	111 days	not published	11 surgeries
4	Nepean Hospital	132 days	8.9%	56 surgeries
5	Dubbo Hospital	145 days	not published	12 surgeries
6	Gosford Hospital	168 days	31.7%	60 surgeries
7	Tamworth Hospital	204 days	not published	14 surgeries
8	Orange Health Service	236 days	not published	24 surgeries
9	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	294 days	not published	24 surgeries
10	Wollongong Hospital	295 days	4.5%	67 surgeries
11	Concord Repatriation Hospital	296 days	0.0%	111 surgeries
12	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	299 days	not published	16 surgeries
13	Westmead Hospital	304 days	not published	38 surgeries
14	Ryde Hospital	316 days	not published	34 surgeries
15	Liverpool Hospital	323 days	not published	43 surgeries
16	Auburn Hospital	327 days	not published	46 surgeries
17	Tweed Valley Hospital	340 days	not published	45 surgeries
18	Campbelltown Hospital	347 days	not published	29 surgeries
19	Canterbury Hospital	352 days	not published	34 surgeries
20	Wagga Wagga Hospital	359 days	not published	33 surgeries
21	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	362 days	not published	19 surgeries
22	Prince of Wales Hospital	371 days	not published	41 surgeries
23	Coffs Harbour Hospital	377 days	59.6%	57 surgeries
24	John Hunter Hospital	390 days	not published	18 surgeries
unranked	Belmont Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Hawkesbury Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Kurri Kurri Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Lismore Base Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Mudgee Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Northern Beaches Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	St George Hospital NSW	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Sutherland Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	not published	not published	6 surgeries

What is not here

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

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