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

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy.

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. The state median was 20 days; the national median was 17 days.

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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.

St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]7 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital13 days
Nepean Hospital17 days
Blacktown Hospital20 days
John Hunter Hospital26 days
Tweed Valley Hospital28 days
Calvary Mater Newcastle31 days
Liverpool Hospital32 days
Concord Repatriation Hospitalnot published
Dubbo Hospitalnot published
Lismore Base Hospitalnot published
Prince of Wales Hospitalnot published
Royal North Shore Hospitalnot published
St George Hospital NSWnot published
Sydney Children's Hospitalnot published
Tamworth Hospitalnot published
The Children's Hospital at Westmeadnot published
Westmead Hospitalnot published

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

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.