Surgery Waits

Category 2 (semi-urgent) surgery waiting times

Of the 245 public hospitals that published a figure for 2024–25, the share treated on time ranged from 100% at Calvary Mater Newcastle down to 31% at Sandringham Monash.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

Category 2 (semi-urgent) means surgery is recommended within 90 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery for a condition causing pain, dysfunction or disability, but unlikely to deteriorate quickly. Your treating specialist assigns the category after assessing you — it is a clinical judgement, not a choice.

The recommended time is a target, not a promise. The table below shows how often each public hospital met it: the share of semi-urgent patients treated within 90 days, with the median wait beside it.

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. The per-surgery comparisons are on the surgery pages.

Every public hospital, ranked

Category 2 (semi-urgent) planned surgery at Australian public hospitals, 2024–25, ranked by the share treated within the recommended time — highest first. Hospitals with the same figure share a rank; a hospital with no published figure is listed unranked. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital State Treated on time Median wait Surgeries
1 Calvary Mater Newcastle NSW 100% 40 days 534 surgeries
1 Canterbury Hospital NSW 100% 55 days 773 surgeries
1 Collie Hospital WA 100% 24 days 10 surgeries
1 Concord Repatriation Hospital NSW 100% 36 days 2392 surgeries
1 Cooma Hospital and Health Service NSW 100% 41 days 57 surgeries
1 Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital NSW 100% 42 days 481 surgeries
1 Goondiwindi Hospital QLD 100% 53 days 14 surgeries
1 Goulburn Base Hospital NSW 100% 37 days 554 surgeries
1 Kangaroo Island Health Service SA 100% 11 days 42 surgeries
1 Lithgow Hospital NSW 100% 55 days 244 surgeries
1 Mater Mothers' Hospital QLD 100% 40 days 608 surgeries
1 Moruya Hospital NSW 100% 37 days 239 surgeries
1 Muswellbrook Hospital NSW 100% 54 days 236 surgeries
1 Narrabri Hospital NSW 100% 33 days 29 surgeries
1 Northern Beaches Hospital NSW 100% 62 days 1401 surgeries
1 Queanbeyan Hospital NSW 100% 35 days 384 surgeries
1 Renmark Paringa District Hospital SA 100% 31 days 26 surgeries
1 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW 100% 24 days 3608 surgeries
1 Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics NSW 100% 16 days 111 surgeries
1 Singleton Hospital NSW 100% 27 days 308 surgeries
1 Thursday Island Hospital QLD 100% 1 day 31 surgeries
1 Weipa Hospital QLD 100% 1 day 23 surgeries
23 Clare Hospital SA 99% 18 days 92 surgeries
23 Mount Druitt Hospital NSW 99% 43 days 665 surgeries
23 Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services SA 99% 29 days 172 surgeries
23 Ryde Hospital NSW 99% 46 days 570 surgeries
23 Sandringham Hospital VIC 99% 25 days 494 surgeries
23 South East Regional Hospital NSW 99% 55 days 433 surgeries
29 Atherton Hospital QLD 98% 48 days 95 surgeries
29 Bowral Hospital NSW 98% 43 days 490 surgeries
29 Casino and District Memorial Hospital NSW 98% 36 days 242 surgeries
29 Kalgoorlie Health Campus WA 98% 45 days 332 surgeries
29 Port Lincoln Health Service SA 98% 24 days 241 surgeries
29 The Children's Hospital at Westmead NSW 98% 48 days 1491 surgeries
29 Tumut Hospital NSW 98% 57 days 40 surgeries
36 Armidale Hospital NSW 97% 55 days 442 surgeries
36 Ballina District Hospital NSW 97% 57 days 559 surgeries
36 Fairfield Hospital NSW 97% 54 days 485 surgeries
36 Griffith Base Hospital NSW 97% 48 days 560 surgeries
36 Kingaroy Hospital QLD 97% 50 days 203 surgeries
36 Sunbury Day Hospital VIC 97% 49 days 38 surgeries
36 The Alfred VIC 97% 36 days 3666 surgeries
36 Warwick Hospital QLD 97% 20 days 152 surgeries
44 Ceduna District Health Service SA 96% 29 days 22 surgeries
44 Joondalup Health Campus (Public) WA 96% 30 days 895 surgeries
44 Kapunda Hospital SA 96% 19 days 22 surgeries
44 Mudgee Health Service NSW 96% 40 days 321 surgeries
44 Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) SA 96% 25 days 461 surgeries
44 Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone NSW 96% 42 days 72 surgeries
44 St George Hospital Qld QLD 96% 40 days 22 surgeries
51 Angaston District Hospital SA 95% 38 days 176 surgeries
51 Bass Coast Health VIC 95% 46 days 781 surgeries
51 Beaudesert Hospital QLD 95% 28 days 87 surgeries
51 Bundaberg Base Hospital QLD 95% 56 days 968 surgeries
51 Hedland Health Campus WA 95% 32 days 217 surgeries
51 Lachlan Health Service - Parkes NSW 95% 51 days 104 surgeries
51 Maryborough Hospital QLD 95% 50 days 412 surgeries
58 Caloundra Hospital QLD 94% 45 days 325 surgeries
58 Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital SA 94% 41 days 382 surgeries
58 Roma Hospital QLD 94% 69 days 220 surgeries
58 South Coast District Hospital SA 94% 21 days 473 surgeries
58 South West Healthcare [Camperdown] VIC 94% 44 days 155 surgeries
58 Tamworth Hospital NSW 94% 57 days 1196 surgeries
64 Hawkesbury Hospital NSW 93% 44 days 759 surgeries
64 Karratha Health Campus WA 93% 41 days 226 surgeries
64 Mount Isa Base Hospital QLD 93% 31 days 197 surgeries
67 Auburn Hospital NSW 92% 48 days 1311 surgeries
67 Blue Mountains Hospital NSW 92% 62 days 521 surgeries
67 Kempsey District Hospital NSW 92% 74 days 577 surgeries
67 Longreach Hospital QLD 92% 70 days 48 surgeries
67 Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital SA 92% 26 days 286 surgeries
67 Royal Hospital for Women NSW 92% 47 days 935 surgeries
67 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] NSW 92% 48 days 1264 surgeries
67 The Kilmore & District Hospital VIC 92% 22 days 82 surgeries
75 Bathurst Base Hospital NSW 91% 54 days 598 surgeries
75 Blacktown Hospital NSW 91% 59 days 1967 surgeries
75 Northam Hospital WA 91% 29 days 43 surgeries
75 Temora Hospital NSW 91% 62 days 45 surgeries
75 Yarra Ranges Health VIC 91% 46 days 1346 surgeries
80 Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health VIC 90% 31 days 137 surgeries
80 Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service SA 90% 34 days 127 surgeries
80 Moree Hospital NSW 90% 22 days 111 surgeries
80 Robina Hospital QLD 90% 64 days 2923 surgeries
80 University Hospital Geelong VIC 90% 40 days 5055 surgeries
85 Esperance Hospital WA 89% 53 days 117 surgeries
85 Gawler Health Service SA 89% 15 days 398 surgeries
85 Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital NSW 89% 60 days 1117 surgeries
85 Innisfail Hospital QLD 89% 71 days 71 surgeries
85 Mareeba Hospital QLD 89% 64 days 18 surgeries
85 Naracoorte Health Service SA 89% 44 days 355 surgeries
85 Redland Hospital QLD 89% 49 days 1217 surgeries
85 Stanthorpe Hospital QLD 89% 72 days 55 surgeries
93 Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital WA 88% 48 days 1267 surgeries
93 Cowra Health Service NSW 88% 56 days 272 surgeries
93 Frankston Public Surgical Centre VIC 88% 41 days 2137 surgeries
93 Geraldton Hospital WA 88% 49 days 661 surgeries
93 Katanning Hospital WA 88% 46 days 68 surgeries
93 Murwillumbah District Hospital NSW 88% 52 days 661 surgeries
93 The Northern Hospital [Epping] VIC 88% 35 days 5463 surgeries
93 Whyalla Hospital and Health Services SA 88% 62 days 537 surgeries
101 Hervey Bay Hospital QLD 87% 71 days 439 surgeries
101 Jamestown Hospital and Health Service SA 87% 25 days 23 surgeries
101 King Edward Memorial Hospital WA 87% 48 days 750 surgeries
101 Northeast Health Wangaratta VIC 87% 40 days 1082 surgeries
101 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital QLD 87% 64 days 2253 surgeries
101 Riverland General Hospital SA 87% 47 days 610 surgeries
101 The Prince Charles Hospital QLD 87% 55 days 1777 surgeries
108 Batemans Bay Hospital NSW 86% 63 days 119 surgeries
108 Coffs Harbour Hospital NSW 86% 56 days 1132 surgeries
108 Gold Coast University Hospital QLD 86% 72 days 4612 surgeries
108 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service SA 86% 38 days 811 surgeries
108 Peel Health Campus WA 86% 36 days 2258 surgeries
108 Prince of Wales Hospital NSW 86% 51 days 2146 surgeries
114 Belmont Hospital NSW 85% 49 days 2182 surgeries
114 Blackburn Public Surgical Centre VIC 85% 36 days 1758 surgeries
114 Narrogin Hospital WA 85% 56 days 100 surgeries
114 Wauchope District Memorial Hospital NSW 85% 41 days 692 surgeries
114 Wyong Hospital NSW 85% 56 days 2002 surgeries
114 Young Hospital NSW 85% 58 days 164 surgeries
120 Lachlan Health Service - Forbes NSW 84% 50 days 107 surgeries
121 Deniliquin Hospital NSW 83% 55 days 58 surgeries
121 Orange Health Service NSW 83% 72 days 1175 surgeries
121 St Vincent's On the Park VIC 83% 33 days 1021 surgeries
121 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service QLD 83% 60 days 4088 surgeries
121 Wagga Wagga Hospital NSW 83% 42 days 1829 surgeries
121 Wollongong Hospital NSW 83% 46 days 2589 surgeries
127 Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] VIC 82% 42 days 390 surgeries
128 Emerald Hospital QLD 81% 59 days 67 surgeries
128 Ipswich Hospital QLD 81% 67 days 1549 surgeries
128 Merredin Hospital WA 81% 37 days 37 surgeries
128 Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville] VIC 81% 49 days 2147 surgeries
128 Sutherland Hospital NSW 81% 63 days 1112 surgeries
133 Grafton Base Hospital NSW 80% 67 days 914 surgeries
133 Sydney Children's Hospital NSW 80% 42 days 1186 surgeries
135 Broken Hill Hospital NSW 79% 50 days 284 surgeries
135 Charleville Hospital QLD 79% 76 days 24 surgeries
135 Queensland Children's Hospital QLD 79% 58 days 4705 surgeries
135 South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] VIC 79% 64 days 964 surgeries
135 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] VIC 79% 45 days 1969 surgeries
140 Redcliffe Hospital QLD 78% 77 days 1229 surgeries
140 Shellharbour Hospital NSW 78% 73 days 1918 surgeries
140 Tweed Valley Hospital NSW 78% 63 days 1958 surgeries
143 Bunbury Hospital WA 77% 52 days 833 surgeries
143 Dubbo Hospital NSW 77% 71 days 1304 surgeries
143 Nambour General Hospital QLD 77% 67 days 1263 surgeries
143 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital WA 77% 42 days 2957 surgeries
147 Dalby Hospital QLD 76% 58 days 107 surgeries
147 Mater Adult Hospital QLD 76% 62 days 3415 surgeries
147 Port Macquarie Base Hospital NSW 76% 63 days 1604 surgeries
150 Bentley Health Service WA 75% 51 days 1413 surgeries
150 Busselton Health Campus WA 75% 51 days 570 surgeries
150 Cessnock Hospital NSW 75% 61 days 392 surgeries
150 Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre VIC 75% 51 days 1427 surgeries
154 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre VIC 74% 52 days 932 surgeries
154 Toowoomba Hospital QLD 74% 73 days 2325 surgeries
156 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital NSW 73% 70 days 2027 surgeries
156 Gympie Hospital QLD 73% 41 days 323 surgeries
156 Nepean Hospital NSW 73% 62 days 3142 surgeries
156 Princess Alexandra Hospital QLD 73% 61 days 3892 surgeries
156 St John of God Midland Public Hospital WA 73% 45 days 971 surgeries
161 Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] VIC 72% 50 days 1033 surgeries
162 Caboolture Hospital QLD 71% 71 days 1035 surgeries
162 Campbelltown Hospital NSW 71% 75 days 3016 surgeries
162 Osborne Park Hospital WA 71% 55 days 1618 surgeries
162 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] VIC 71% 51 days 3655 surgeries
166 Albany Hospital WA 70% 76 days 1531 surgeries
166 Derby Hospital WA 70% 62 days 70 surgeries
168 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] VIC 69% 54 days 3100 surgeries
168 North Canberra Hospital ACT 69% 69 days 2176 surgeries
168 Sunshine Hospital VIC 69% 49 days 2675 surgeries
168 The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital VIC 69% 51 days 3592 surgeries
172 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] VIC 68% 56 days 1182 surgeries
172 Kununurra Hospital WA 68% 80 days 91 surgeries
172 Kurri Kurri Hospital NSW 68% 68 days 988 surgeries
172 Liverpool Hospital NSW 68% 61 days 3604 surgeries
172 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] VIC 68% 64 days 2689 surgeries
172 Shoalhaven Hospital NSW 68% 56 days 1319 surgeries
178 Williamstown Hospital VIC 67% 57 days 1506 surgeries
179 Frankston Hospital VIC 66% 60 days 2317 surgeries
179 John Hunter Hospital NSW 66% 67 days 2203 surgeries
179 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] VIC 66% 60 days 2271 surgeries
179 Perth Children's Hospital WA 66% 72 days 3050 surgeries
179 Sunshine Coast University Hospital QLD 66% 76 days 2895 surgeries
184 Maitland Hospital NSW 64% 68 days 871 surgeries
184 Palmerston Regional Hospital NT 64% 69 days 541 surgeries
184 Westmead Hospital NSW 64% 69 days 4959 surgeries
187 Gosford Hospital NSW 63% 77 days 2297 surgeries
187 Royal North Shore Hospital NSW 63% 77 days 2681 surgeries
187 Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus WA 63% 69 days 3561 surgeries
190 Bourke Multi Purpose Service NSW 62% 73 days 45 surgeries
190 Cairns Hospital QLD 62% 83 days 2435 surgeries
190 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] VIC 62% 65 days 3686 surgeries
190 Logan Hospital QLD 62% 83 days 1804 surgeries
190 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] VIC 62% 62 days 4148 surgeries
195 Alice Springs Hospital NT 61% 63 days 1013 surgeries
195 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] VIC 61% 63 days 1869 surgeries
195 Broadmeadows Health Service VIC 61% 77 days 520 surgeries
195 Broome Hospital WA 61% 78 days 222 surgeries
195 Lismore Base Hospital NSW 61% 82 days 2072 surgeries
195 Modbury Hospital SA 61% 78 days 2800 surgeries
195 St George Hospital NSW NSW 61% 76 days 2316 surgeries
195 The Bendigo Hospital VIC 61% 72 days 2807 surgeries
203 Angliss Hospital VIC 60% 76 days 1351 surgeries
203 Cootamundra Hospital NSW 60% 69 days 20 surgeries
203 Manning Hospital NSW 60% 76 days 818 surgeries
203 Mersey Community Hospital TAS 60% 76 days 721 surgeries
207 Box Hill Hospital VIC 59% 70 days 2810 surgeries
207 Port Pirie Regional Health Service SA 59% 82 days 312 surgeries
209 Carnarvon Hospital WA 57% 65 days 14 surgeries
209 Casey Hospital VIC 57% 77 days 2754 surgeries
209 Dandenong Hospital VIC 57% 76 days 1723 surgeries
209 Flinders Medical Centre SA 57% 82 days 3797 surgeries
209 Katherine Hospital NT 57% 72 days 163 surgeries
209 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] VIC 57% 77 days 3068 surgeries
209 Royal Darwin Hospital NT 57% 78 days 722 surgeries
209 Victorian Heart Hospital VIC 57% 85 days 183 surgeries
209 Women's and Children's Hospital SA 57% 86 days 2580 surgeries
218 Fiona Stanley Hospital WA 56% 78 days 2298 surgeries
218 Townsville University Hospital QLD 56% 83 days 3198 surgeries
220 Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] VIC 55% 80 days 2103 surgeries
220 Launceston General Hospital TAS 55% 81 days 2702 surgeries
222 Royal Hobart Hospital TAS 54% 82 days 3578 surgeries
222 Western Hospital [Footscray] VIC 54% 80 days 1270 surgeries
224 Crystal Brook and District Hospital SA 52% 86 days 50 surgeries
224 Fremantle Hospital and Health Service WA 52% 87 days 3113 surgeries
224 Rockingham General Hospital WA 52% 89 days 960 surgeries
227 Noarlunga Hospital SA 51% 90 days 1722 surgeries
227 Proserpine Hospital QLD 51% 90 days 132 surgeries
229 Werribee Mercy Hospital VIC 50% 90 days 1634 surgeries
230 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital QLD 48% 92 days 3889 surgeries
231 Mackay Base Hospital QLD 47% 94 days 899 surgeries
232 Gove Hospital NT 46% 99 days 87 surgeries
232 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] VIC 46% 102 days 3752 surgeries
232 Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital NSW 46% 94 days 3176 surgeries
235 Mercy Hospital for Women VIC 43% 116 days 747 surgeries
236 Lyell McEwin Hospital SA 41% 98 days 2015 surgeries
236 Royal Adelaide Hospital SA 41% 107 days 3533 surgeries
238 The Canberra Hospital ACT 39% 114 days 2973 surgeries
238 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital SA 39% 109 days 2405 surgeries
240 Gladstone Hospital QLD 35% 120 days 447 surgeries
240 North West Regional Hospital TAS 35% 125 days 980 surgeries
240 Rockhampton Hospital QLD 35% 117 days 870 surgeries
243 Inverell Hospital NSW 33% 139 days 93 surgeries
243 Macksville District Hospital NSW 33% 113 days 473 surgeries
245 Sandringham Monash VIC 31% 110 days 495 surgeries
unranked Ayr Hospital QLD not published not published not published
unranked Bellinger River District Hospital NSW not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Bordertown Memorial Hospital SA not published not published not published
unranked Bridgetown Hospital WA not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Cooktown Hospital QLD not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Coonabarabran Health Service NSW not published not published not published
unranked Corowa Health Service NSW not published not published not published
unranked Glen Innes Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Gunnedah Hospital NSW not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Loxton Hospital Complex SA not published not published not published
unranked Margaret River Hospital WA not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Narrandera Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Waikerie Health Service SA not published not published not published
unranked Warren Hospital WA not published not published 7 surgeries

By state and territory

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The other categories: Category 1 (urgent) · Category 3 (non-urgent) — or start from what the urgency categories mean.