Royal Hospital for Women
A public hospital in New South Wales.
About this hospital
- State or territory
- New South Wales
- Health network
- South Eastern Sydney
- Status
- Open
- Also known as
- RHW; Royal Women's NSW
Waiting times by urgency category
Each tile shows one measure for all planned surgery at this hospital in one urgency category.
Your treating specialist gives you an urgency category. You do not choose it. Surgery in category 1 is recommended within 30 days, category 2 within 90 days and category 3 within 365 days.
A rank compares this hospital with the other public hospitals that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.
- Median wait: Category 1, urgent
- 11 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank64th of 234 nationally
Change on the year before0 days
- Median wait: Category 2, semi-urgent
- 47 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank76th of 245 nationally
Change on the year before+10 days
- Median wait: Category 3, non-urgent
- 86 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank51st of 246 nationally
Change on the year before+21 days
- Treated within the recommended time: Category 1, urgent
- 100%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank1st of 234 nationally
Change on the year before0 percentage points
- Treated within the recommended time: Category 2, semi-urgent
- 92%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank67th of 245 nationally
Change on the year before-8 percentage points
- Treated within the recommended time: Category 3, non-urgent
- 96%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank77th of 246 nationally
Change on the year before-4 percentage points
Waiting times by procedure
The shortest median wait comes first. A procedure with no published figure follows, in name order.
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| Procedure | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 18 daysRank 50th of 105 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 70 nationally | 76 surgeries |
| Mastectomy | 22 daysRank 70th of 97 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 33 surgeries |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 24 daysRank 5th of 126 nationally | 1.6%Rank 24th of 60 nationally | 246 surgeries |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 30 daysRank 51st of 108 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 34 nationally | 171 surgeries |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | 47 daysRank 31st of 100 nationally | 9.3%Rank 25th of 27 nationally | 75 surgeries |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 51 daysRank 131st of 158 nationally | 1.3%Rank 92nd of 121 nationally | 692 surgeries |
| Endometrial ablation | 61 daysRank 8th of 27 nationally | 3.5%Rank 1st of 2 nationally | 57 surgeries |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | 69 daysRank 80th of 81 nationally | 1.2%Rank 43rd of 43 nationally | 81 surgeries |
| Myomectomy | 84 daysRank 7th of 11 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 23 surgeries |
| Cystoscopy | 91 daysRank 127th of 131 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 31 surgeries |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage | 102 daysRank 2nd of 2 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 15 surgeries |
| Laparoscopy | 150 daysRank 131st of 149 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 36 surgeries |
| Breast reconstruction | 233 daysRank 20th of 34 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 22 surgeries |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | 283 daysRank 43rd of 66 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 16 surgeries |
| Axillary node dissection | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
| Breast reduction | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
| Cone biopsy | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
| Cystectomy | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 7 surgeries |
| Diathermy of wart/sEarlier period | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2023–24, released 19 August 2026 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2023–24, released 19 August 2026 | not published: too few patients2023–24, released 19 August 2026 |
| Female sterilisation | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
| Herniorrhaphy | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
| Scar revision | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
| SeptoplastyEarlier period | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2016–17, released 19 August 2026 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2016–17, released 19 August 2026 | not published: too few patients2016–17, released 19 August 2026 |
| Skin lesion - excision ofEarlier period | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2023–24, released 19 August 2026 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2023–24, released 19 August 2026 | not published: too few patients2023–24, released 19 August 2026 |
| Stress incontinence surgeryEarlier period | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2023–24, released 19 August 2026 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2023–24, released 19 August 2026 | not published: too few patients2023–24, released 19 August 2026 |
| Ureteric stent - insertion ofEarlier period | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2022–23, released 19 August 2026 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2022–23, released 19 August 2026 | not published: too few patients2022–23, released 19 August 2026 |
Waiting times by specialty
The shortest median wait comes first. A specialty with no published figure follows, in name order.
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| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 22 daysRank 26th of 235 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 214 nationally | 151 surgeries |
| Gynaecology | 35 daysRank 74th of 191 nationally | 1.6%Rank 99th of 159 nationally | 2,275 surgeries |
| Other surgeryEarlier period | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2020–21, released 19 August 2026 | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2020–21, released 19 August 2026 | not published: too few patients2020–21, released 19 August 2026 |
| Paediatric surgery | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
How waits have changed
Each chart shows one figure for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.
- Category 1, urgent
- Category 2, semi-urgent
- Category 3, non-urgent
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| Financial year | Category 1, urgent | Category 2, semi-urgent | Category 3, non-urgent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 8 days | 30 days | 93 days |
| 2012–13 | 8 days | 32 days | 99 days |
| 2013–14 | 8 days | 31 days | 88 days |
| 2014–15 | 8 days | 35 days | 113 days |
| 2015–16 | 6 days | 34 days | 113 days |
| 2016–17 | 7 days | 36 days | 127 days |
| 2017–18 | 9 days | 41 days | 163 days |
| 2018–19 | 7 days | 41 days | 167 days |
| 2019–20 | 11 days | 39 days | 165 days |
| 2020–21 | 11 days | 38 days | 136 days |
| 2021–22 | 11 days | 49 days | 134 days |
| 2022–23 | 11 days | 35 days | 82 days |
| 2023–24 | 11 days | 37 days | 65 days |
| 2024–25 | 11 days | 47 days | 86 days |
- Category 1, urgent
- Category 2, semi-urgent
- Category 3, non-urgent
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| Financial year | Category 1, urgent | Category 2, semi-urgent | Category 3, non-urgent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 99% | 99% | 100% |
| 2012–13 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2013–14 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2014–15 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2015–16 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2016–17 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017–18 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2018–19 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2019–20 | 100% | 100% | 99% |
| 2020–21 | 100% | 99% | 100% |
| 2021–22 | 99% | 79% | 78% |
| 2022–23 | 100% | 97% | 87% |
| 2023–24 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024–25 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
Hospitals nearby
These are the open public hospitals nearest Royal Hospital for Women, nearest first. Each distance is measured in a straight line.
- Prince of Wales Hospitalless than 1 kilometre away
- Sydney Children's Hospitalless than 1 kilometre away
- War Memorial Hospital3 kilometres away
- Sacred Heart Health Service5 kilometres away
- St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]5 kilometres away
- Sydney Dental Hospital5 kilometres away
- Justice Health Services6 kilometres away
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital6 kilometres away
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/