Where surgery waits rose and fell
The biggest state-level change from 2023–24 to 2024–25 was for Excess eyelid skin removal in Victoria: from 356 days to 189 days, down 167 days.
The figures are for 2024–25. The data was released on 19 August 2026.
Both figures in every row are published medians, 2023–24 against 2024–25. A row appears only when the source published both years. The linked pages show the full history behind each row. Each table shows the 15 biggest changes and every row that shares the last change shown, so a table can have more than 15 rows.
State medians that rose most
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| Surgery | State | Was | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eardrum repair | South Australia | 154 days (2023–24) | 316 days (2024–25) | up 162 days |
| Tonsillectomy | Australian Capital Territory | 156 days (2023–24) | 302 days (2024–25) | up 146 days |
| Ganglion cyst removal | New South Wales | 145 days (2023–24) | 250 days (2024–25) | up 105 days |
| Prolapse repair | South Australia | 127 days (2023–24) | 224 days (2024–25) | up 97 days |
| Turbinate surgery (inside the nose) | Western Australia | 146 days (2023–24) | 216 days (2024–25) | up 70 days |
| Breast reconstruction | New South Wales | 127 days (2023–24) | 194 days (2024–25) | up 67 days |
| Droopy eyelid repair | Western Australia | 94 days (2023–24) | 151 days (2024–25) | up 57 days |
| Female sterilisation | New South Wales | 213 days (2023–24) | 267 days (2024–25) | up 54 days |
| Adenoid removal | Tasmania | 137 days (2023–24) | 191 days (2024–25) | up 54 days |
| Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for | Victoria | 97 days (2023–24) | 151 days (2024–25) | up 54 days |
| Eardrum repair | Queensland | 161 days (2023–24) | 210 days (2024–25) | up 49 days |
| Prolapse repair | Queensland | 266 days (2023–24) | 313 days (2024–25) | up 47 days |
| Circumcision | South Australia | 56 days (2023–24) | 97 days (2024–25) | up 41 days |
| Deviated septum surgery | Tasmania | 230 days (2023–24) | 271 days (2024–25) | up 41 days |
| Hydrocele surgery | New South Wales | 130 days (2023–24) | 170 days (2024–25) | up 40 days |
| Hip replacement | New South Wales | 225 days (2023–24) | 265 days (2024–25) | up 40 days |
State medians that fell most
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| Surgery | State | Was | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excess eyelid skin removal | Victoria | 356 days (2023–24) | 189 days (2024–25) | down 167 days |
| Breast reconstruction | Queensland | 312 days (2023–24) | 160 days (2024–25) | down 152 days |
| Bunion surgery | Queensland | 301 days (2023–24) | 168 days (2024–25) | down 133 days |
| Breast reduction | Victoria | 312 days (2023–24) | 182 days (2024–25) | down 130 days |
| Keyhole sinus surgery | Victoria | 265 days (2023–24) | 140 days (2024–25) | down 125 days |
| Eardrum repair | Victoria | 314 days (2023–24) | 207 days (2024–25) | down 107 days |
| Deviated septum surgery | Victoria | 377 days (2023–24) | 279 days (2024–25) | down 98 days |
| Turbinate surgery (inside the nose) | Victoria | 247 days (2023–24) | 157 days (2024–25) | down 90 days |
| Shoulder decompression surgery | New South Wales | 213 days (2023–24) | 127 days (2024–25) | down 86 days |
| Bone realignment surgery | Victoria | 277 days (2023–24) | 206 days (2024–25) | down 71 days |
| Female sterilisation | Victoria | 145 days (2023–24) | 77 days (2024–25) | down 68 days |
| Reflux surgery | Victoria | 139 days (2023–24) | 71 days (2024–25) | down 68 days |
| Varicose vein surgery | Victoria | 148 days (2023–24) | 80 days (2024–25) | down 68 days |
| Rhinoplasty | Victoria | 671 days (2023–24) | 606 days (2024–25) | down 65 days |
| Bunion surgery | Victoria | 159 days (2023–24) | 95 days (2024–25) | down 64 days |
Hospital medians that changed most
This section includes only hospital and surgery pairs with at least 50 surgeries in 2024–25. A median that rests on fewer surgeries is left out.
Rose most
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| Hospital | Surgery | State | Was | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | Pterygium (eye growth) removal | WA | 163 days (2023–24) | 433 days (2024–25) | up 270 days |
| Sunshine Hospital | Carpal tunnel surgery | VIC | 221 days (2023–24) | 482 days (2024–25) | up 261 days |
| Maitland Hospital | Carpal tunnel surgery | NSW | 87 days (2023–24) | 340 days (2024–25) | up 253 days |
| Bathurst Base Hospital | Carpal tunnel surgery | NSW | 81 days (2023–24) | 331 days (2024–25) | up 250 days |
| Blue Mountains Hospital | Keyhole belly surgery (laparoscopy) | NSW | 84 days (2023–24) | 325 days (2024–25) | up 241 days |
| The Canberra Hospital | Tonsillectomy | ACT | 158 days (2023–24) | 392 days (2024–25) | up 234 days |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | Cataract surgery | SA | 149 days (2023–24) | 383 days (2024–25) | up 234 days |
| Mount Druitt Hospital | Hernia repair | NSW | 94 days (2023–24) | 327 days (2024–25) | up 233 days |
| Bathurst Base Hospital | Hip replacement | NSW | 93 days (2023–24) | 322 days (2024–25) | up 229 days |
| Mater Adult Hospital | Tonsillectomy | QLD | 64 days (2023–24) | 293 days (2024–25) | up 229 days |
| Flinders Medical Centre | Adenoid removal | SA | 112 days (2023–24) | 334 days (2024–25) | up 222 days |
| Mount Druitt Hospital | Inguinal hernia repair | NSW | 106 days (2023–24) | 314 days (2024–25) | up 208 days |
| Orange Health Service | Hernia repair | NSW | 95 days (2023–24) | 298 days (2024–25) | up 203 days |
| Campbelltown Hospital | Hysterectomy | NSW | 104 days (2023–24) | 305 days (2024–25) | up 201 days |
| Toowoomba Hospital | Knee replacement | QLD | 159 days (2023–24) | 359 days (2024–25) | up 200 days |
| Fremantle Hospital and Health Service | Tonsillectomy | WA | 193 days (2023–24) | 393 days (2024–25) | up 200 days |
Fell most
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| Hospital | Surgery | State | Was | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | Varicose vein surgery | VIC | 747 days (2023–24) | 76 days (2024–25) | down 671 days |
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | Varicose vein surgery | VIC | 512 days (2023–24) | 34 days (2024–25) | down 478 days |
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | Keyhole sinus surgery | VIC | 474 days (2023–24) | 49 days (2024–25) | down 425 days |
| St Vincent's On the Park | Deviated septum surgery | VIC | 428 days (2023–24) | 66 days (2024–25) | down 362 days |
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | Deviated septum surgery | VIC | 605 days (2023–24) | 245 days (2024–25) | down 360 days |
| Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] | Hip replacement | VIC | 595 days (2023–24) | 247 days (2024–25) | down 348 days |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | Keyhole sinus surgery | VIC | 495 days (2023–24) | 151 days (2024–25) | down 344 days |
| Box Hill Hospital | Keyhole sinus surgery | VIC | 571 days (2023–24) | 241 days (2024–25) | down 330 days |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | Bone realignment surgery | VIC | 687 days (2023–24) | 402 days (2024–25) | down 285 days |
| North Canberra Hospital | Deviated septum surgery | ACT | 585 days (2023–24) | 317 days (2024–25) | down 268 days |
| Casey Hospital | Eardrum repair | VIC | 396 days (2023–24) | 144 days (2024–25) | down 252 days |
| Lyell McEwin Hospital | Knee replacement | SA | 359 days (2023–24) | 114 days (2024–25) | down 245 days |
| Liverpool Hospital | Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) | NSW | 326 days (2023–24) | 86 days (2024–25) | down 240 days |
| Flinders Medical Centre | Keyhole sinus surgery | SA | 330 days (2023–24) | 116 days (2024–25) | down 214 days |
| Mackay Base Hospital | Hip replacement | QLD | 395 days (2023–24) | 184 days (2024–25) | down 211 days |
| Modbury Hospital | Cataract surgery | SA | 272 days (2023–24) | 61 days (2024–25) | down 211 days |
A one-year change is a single comparison. Each linked page shows the history behind it.
How to read these figures
A median wait describes surgery that already happened. It does not judge a hospital, because hospitals differ in the cases they treat and in the number of people they serve.
This site calls no hospital best or worst. A figure that is not published never counts as a number.
Related pages
Each page below shows the same published medians from a different angle.
What these figures leave out
Private hospitals are excluded. These pages cover public hospitals only, so they show no private hospital. They also leave out closed hospitals and any figure that is not published.
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 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
- 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/