Waiting times by health service
This page lists 75 local hospital networks. Each name links to the public hospitals of that network and their planned surgery waiting times.
The hospital counts are for 2024–25. The register was released on 19 August 2026.
The source assigns each public hospital to a local hospital network. Each state and territory has its own name for these networks. They are local health districts in New South Wales, hospital and health services in Queensland, and health services in Victoria and Western Australia.
This site shows the source's grouping as published and does not change it.
By state and territory
New South Wales
- Central Coast2 public hospitals
- Far West1 public hospital
- Hunter New England18 public hospitals
- Illawarra Shoalhaven5 public hospitals
- Mid North Coast6 public hospitals
- Murrumbidgee10 public hospitals
- Nepean Blue Mountains5 public hospitals
- Northern NSW8 public hospitals
- Northern Sydney5 public hospitals
- South Eastern Sydney5 public hospitals
- South Western Sydney5 public hospitals
- Southern NSW7 public hospitals
- St Vincent's Health Network1 public hospital
- Sydney4 public hospitals
- Sydney Children's Hospitals Network2 public hospitals
- Western NSW9 public hospitals
- Western Sydney4 public hospitals
Victoria
- Albury Wodonga Health1 public hospital
- Alfred Health2 public hospitals
- Austin Health2 public hospitals
- Barwon Health1 public hospital
- Bass Coast Regional Health1 public hospital
- Bendigo Health Care Group1 public hospital
- Eastern Health6 public hospitals
- Goulburn Valley Health1 public hospital
- Grampians Health1 public hospital
- Latrobe Regional Hospital1 public hospital
- Melbourne Health1 public hospital
- Mercy Public Hospital Inc.2 public hospitals
- Monash Health7 public hospitals
- Northeast Health Wangaratta1 public hospital
- Northern Health3 public hospitals
- Peninsula Health2 public hospitals
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute1 public hospital
- Royal Children's Hospital1 public hospital
- Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital1 public hospital
- Royal Women's Hospital2 public hospitals
- South West Healthcare2 public hospitals
- St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne) Limited2 public hospitals
- West Gippsland Healthcare Group1 public hospital
- Western Health5 public hospitals
Queensland
- Cairns and Hinterland4 public hospitals
- Central Queensland4 public hospitals
- Central West1 public hospital
- Children's Health Queensland1 public hospital
- Darling Downs7 public hospitals
- Gold Coast2 public hospitals
- Mackay2 public hospitals
- Metro North5 public hospitals
- Metro South5 public hospitals
- North West1 public hospital
- South West3 public hospitals
- Sunshine Coast4 public hospitals
- Torres and Cape3 public hospitals
- Townsville4 public hospitals
- West Moreton1 public hospital
- Wide Bay3 public hospitals
Western Australia
- Child Adolescent Health Service1 public hospital
- East Metropolitan Health Service5 public hospitals
- North Metropolitan Health Service4 public hospitals
- South Metropolitan Health Service4 public hospitals
- WA Country Health Service21 public hospitals
South Australia
- Barossa Hills Fleurieu9 public hospitals
- Central Adelaide2 public hospitals
- Eyre and Far North3 public hospitals
- Flinders and Upper North3 public hospitals
- Limestone Coast4 public hospitals
- Northern Adelaide2 public hospitals
- Riverland Mallee Coorong5 public hospitals
- Southern Adelaide2 public hospitals
- Women's and Children's Health Network1 public hospital
- Yorke and Northern8 public hospitals
Tasmania
- Tasmanian Health Service4 public hospitals
Australian Capital Territory
- Australian Capital Territory3 public hospitals
Northern Territory
- NT Regional Health Services6 public hospitals
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What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
Before you use these figures
Surgery Waits is not medical advice. Your general practitioner and your treating specialist can help you decide what is right for you.
In an emergency, call 000.
Where this data comes from
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/