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Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in New South Wales public hospitals was 20 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 17 days.

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

18 public hospitals in New South Wales reported lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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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 17 days marks the national median.

Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy 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 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] 7 days 0.0% 57 surgeries
2 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 13 days 0.0% 138 surgeries
3 Nepean Hospital 17 days 0.0% 70 surgeries
4 Blacktown Hospital 20 days 0.0% 60 surgeries
5 John Hunter Hospital 26 days not published 38 surgeries
6 Tweed Valley Hospital 28 days not published 26 surgeries
7 Calvary Mater Newcastle 31 days not published 34 surgeries
8 Liverpool Hospital 32 days 0.0% 141 surgeries
unranked Concord Repatriation Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Dubbo Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Lismore Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Prince of Wales Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Royal North Shore Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked St George Hospital NSW not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Sydney Children's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Tamworth Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Children's Hospital at Westmead not published not published not published
unranked Westmead Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
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The median wait for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in New South Wales public hospitals was 20 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in NSW", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lobectomy-wedge-resection-pneumonectomy/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lobectomy-wedge-resection-pneumonectomy/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. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.