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title: "Ovary and fallopian tube surgery waiting times in Australian public hospitals"
description: "Median public-hospital waiting time for Ovary and fallopian tube surgery in 2024–25: 56 days nationally, compared state by state and hospital by hospital."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/"
---

# Ovary and fallopian tube surgery waiting times in Australian public hospitals

The national median wait for ovary and fallopian tube surgery in Australian public hospitals was **56 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 9 days at [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) to 346 days at [Blue Mountains Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blue-mountains-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/). The source publishes this surgery as "Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy".

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

Across Australia, the median wait for ovary and fallopian tube surgery in public hospitals was **56 days** in 2024–25, from 4989 surgeries. 2.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 100 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy" 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 56 days marks the national median.

- [Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/vic/): 40 days
- [Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/wa/): 57 days
- [Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/qld/): 59 days
- [New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/nsw/): 71 days
- [South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/sa/): 89 days
- [Australian Capital Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/act/): not published
- [Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/nt/): not published

Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/vic/) | 40 days | 0.9% | 1824 surgeries |
| 2 | [Western Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/wa/) | 57 days | 1.3% | 457 surgeries |
| 3 | [Queensland](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/qld/) | 59 days | 1.6% | 1130 surgeries |
| 4 | [New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/nsw/) | 71 days | 5.3% | 1262 surgeries |
| 5 | [South Australia](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/sa/) | 89 days | 4.1% | 246 surgeries |
| unranked | [Australian Capital Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/act/) | not published | not published | 30 surgeries |
| unranked | [Northern Territory](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/nt/) | not published | not published | 40 surgeries |

Ranked by area: [near Box Hill](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/near/box-hill/) · [near Clayton](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/near/clayton/) · [near Liverpool](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/near/liverpool/) · [near Randwick](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/near/randwick/) · [near St Leonards](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/near/st-leonards/) · [near Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/near/westmead/) · and 11 more areas on the state pages.

## How the wait has changed

**View these numbers as a table**

Median wait in days for Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | WA (days) | QLD (days) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2016–17 | 41 | 33 | 36 | 49 |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 33 | 35 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 48 | 36 | 42 | 55 |
| 2019–20 | 50 | 37 | 43 | 57 |
| 2020–21 | 64 | 65 | 48 | 57 |
| 2021–22 | 63 | 59 | 55 | 61 |
| 2022–23 | 69 | 77 | 46 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 57 | 54 | 45 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 56 | 40 | 57 | 59 |

## Common questions

### How long is the wait for ovary and fallopian tube surgery in a public hospital?

The national median was 56 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 40 days in Victoria to 89 days in South Australia.

### Which public hospital has the shortest wait for ovary and fallopian tube surgery?

Of the 100 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, [Peel Health Campus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peel-health-campus/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) reported the shortest median, 9 days, and [Blue Mountains Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/blue-mountains-hospital/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) the longest, 346 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. [How to read these figures](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/).

### How many people waited more than a year?

2.4% of people who had ovary and fallopian tube surgery in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

**Cite this page**

> The national median wait for ovary and fallopian tube surgery in Australian public hospitals was 56 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

### Copy-ready citation

```
Surgery Waits, "Ovary and fallopian tube surgery waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/, accessed 28 May 2026.
```

Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

### Embed the chart

The state comparison is also published as a standalone image at a stable address — [the SVG chart](https://surgerywaits.au/charts/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy.svg) — free to embed or link with the attribution below:

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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy.svg" width="720" height="318" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Ovary and fallopian tube 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](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/).

## 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.

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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.

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