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Kidney removal waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for kidney removal in New South Wales public hospitals was 36 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 30 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Nephrectomy".

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

32 public hospitals in New South Wales reported kidney removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Nephrectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

13 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 30 days marks the national median.

Nephrectomy 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 Prince Alfred Hospital 14 days 0.0% 79 surgeries
2 Prince of Wales Hospital 23 days not published 30 surgeries
3 Concord Repatriation Hospital 24 days not published 15 surgeries
3 Orange Health Service 24 days not published 11 surgeries
5 Wollongong Hospital 27 days 0.0% 52 surgeries
6 St George Hospital NSW 28 days not published 29 surgeries
6 Wagga Wagga Hospital 28 days not published 18 surgeries
8 Gosford Hospital 29 days not published 21 surgeries
8 Royal North Shore Hospital 29 days 0.0% 61 surgeries
10 Liverpool Hospital 36 days not published 38 surgeries
11 Campbelltown Hospital 41 days not published 14 surgeries
11 Tweed Valley Hospital 41 days not published 30 surgeries
13 Lismore Base Hospital 49 days not published 12 surgeries
14 Dubbo Hospital 67 days not published 15 surgeries
15 John Hunter Hospital 69 days 2.9% 70 surgeries
16 Nepean Hospital 73 days 1.4% 70 surgeries
17 Westmead Hospital 77 days 0.9% 110 surgeries
18 Tamworth Hospital 87 days not published 14 surgeries
19 Port Macquarie Base Hospital 88 days not published 16 surgeries
unranked Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Blacktown Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Calvary Mater Newcastle not published not published not published
unranked Canterbury Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Coffs Harbour Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Manning Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Northern Beaches Hospital not published not published not published
unranked St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Sutherland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Sydney Children's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Children's Hospital at Westmead not published not published not published
unranked Wyong Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Camperdown · near Liverpool · near Randwick.

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The median wait for kidney removal in New South Wales public hospitals was 36 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Kidney removal waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nephrectomy/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nephrectomy/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.