Reflux surgery waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for reflux surgery in Australian public hospitals was 90 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 33 days at University Hospital Geelong to 277 days at Nepean Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Fundoplication".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for reflux surgery in public hospitals was 90 days in 2024–25, from 802 surgeries. 8.0% of people waited more than 365 days. 27 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Fundoplication" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.
Victoria: 71 days
Queensland: 91 days
New South Wales: 92 days
Northern Territory: not published
South Australia: not published
Western Australia: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 71 days | 5.5% | 201 surgeries |
| 2 | Queensland | 91 days | 7.8% | 296 surgeries |
| 3 | New South Wales | 92 days | 9.6% | 125 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 10 surgeries |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 78 surgeries |
| unranked | Western Australia | not published | not published | 92 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Herston · near Woolloongabba.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- QLD
- NSW
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | QLD (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 81 | 82 | 75 | 98 |
| 2017–18 | 83 | 87 | 84 | 84 |
| 2018–19 | 82 | 86 | 88 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 86 | 77 | 88 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 104 | 153 | 87 | 78 |
| 2021–22 | 106 | 111 | 90 | not published |
| 2022–23 | 133 | 210 | 89 | 191 |
| 2023–24 | 104 | 139 | 83 | 121 |
| 2024–25 | 90 | 71 | 91 | 92 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for reflux surgery in a public hospital?
The national median was 90 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 71 days in Victoria to 92 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for reflux surgery?
Of the 27 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, University Hospital Geelong reported the shortest median, 33 days, and Nepean Hospital the longest, 277 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
8.0% of people who had reflux surgery in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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The national median wait for reflux surgery in Australian public hospitals was 90 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Reflux surgery waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/fundoplication/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/fundoplication/), 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/fundoplication.svg" width="720" height="250" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Reflux 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.