--- title: "Heart valve replacement waiting times in New South Wales" description: "Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by median wait for Heart valve replacement in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/heart-valve-replacement/nsw/" --- # Heart valve replacement waiting times in New South Wales The median wait for heart valve replacement in New South Wales public hospitals was **22 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **33 days**. Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 10 public hospitals in New South Wales reported heart valve replacement in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Heart valve replacement" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 2 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 33 days marks the national median. - [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/): 1 day - [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/heart-valve-replacement/): 7 days - [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/heart-valve-replacement/): 10 days - [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/): 12 days - [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/): 34 days - [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/): 37 days - [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/): 54 days - [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/): 72 days - [Kempsey District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kempsey-district-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/): not published - [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/): not published Heart valve replacement 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 | [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/) | 1 day | not published | 28 surgeries | | 2 | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/heart-valve-replacement/) | 7 days | 0.0% | 104 surgeries | | 3 | [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/heart-valve-replacement/) | 10 days | not published | 29 surgeries | | 4 | [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/) | 12 days | 0.0% | 102 surgeries | | 5 | [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/) | 34 days | not published | 33 surgeries | | 6 | [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/) | 37 days | 0.0% | 104 surgeries | | 7 | [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/) | 54 days | 0.0% | 59 surgeries | | 8 | [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/) | 72 days | 0.0% | 112 surgeries | | unranked | [Kempsey District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kempsey-district-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/heart-valve-replacement/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in New South Wales: [near Randwick](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/heart-valve-replacement/near/randwick/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for heart valve replacement in New South Wales public hospitals was 22 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Heart valve replacement waiting times in NSW", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/heart-valve-replacement/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/heart-valve-replacement/nsw/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/heart-valve-replacement/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](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/heart-valve-replacement/), or see [every surgery reported in New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/heart-valve-replacement/nsw/.