Plastic surgery in New South Wales
Plastic surgery in New South Wales: planned surgery waiting times at public hospitals, with the national figures beside them. Public hospitals in New South Wales that published a median wait in 2024–25: 25.
A specialty covers many operations. Its figures describe all the patients treated under the specialty, and say nothing about one operation.
Figures for New South Wales
Each tile shows the state figure and the national figure for the same measure. A state figure is never ranked.
- Median wait, New South Wales
- 34 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Median wait, Australia
- 26 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, New South Wales
- 4.0%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 4.8%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, New South Wales
- 9,715 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 67,252 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Hospitals in New South Wales
The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.
A rank compares a hospital with every public hospital in Australia 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.
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| Hospital | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 4 daysRank 4th of 110 nationally | 1.3%Rank 35th of 98 nationally | 154 surgeries |
| Concord Repatriation Hospital | 8 daysRank 5th of 110 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 98 nationally | 936 surgeries |
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 13 daysRank 11th of 110 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 98 nationally | 548 surgeries |
| St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] | 20 daysRank 22nd of 110 nationally | 0.2%Rank 24th of 98 nationally | 641 surgeries |
| Wollongong Hospital | 22 daysRank 30th of 110 nationally | 2.0%Rank 42nd of 98 nationally | 398 surgeries |
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 26 daysRank 43rd of 110 nationally | 7.9%Rank 80th of 98 nationally | 635 surgeries |
| Liverpool Hospital | 27 daysRank 45th of 110 nationally | 5.3%Rank 65th of 98 nationally | 547 surgeries |
| Nepean Hospital | 27 daysRank 45th of 110 nationally | 6.0%Rank 71st of 98 nationally | 638 surgeries |
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 35 daysRank 66th of 110 nationally | 5.2%Rank 63rd of 98 nationally | 657 surgeries |
| Murwillumbah District Hospital | 36 daysRank 70th of 110 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 98 nationally | 75 surgeries |
| Gosford Hospital | 39 daysRank 72nd of 110 nationally | 4.3%Rank 59th of 98 nationally | 324 surgeries |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 40 daysRank 73rd of 110 nationally | 6.0%Rank 71st of 98 nationally | 502 surgeries |
| St George Hospital NSW | 47 daysRank 76th of 110 nationally | 2.4%Rank 46th of 98 nationally | 419 surgeries |
| Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital | 50 daysRank 79th of 110 nationally | 1.4%Rank 36th of 98 nationally | 144 surgeries |
| Mount Druitt Hospital | 55 daysRank 83rd of 110 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 34 surgeries |
| Northern Beaches Hospital | 55 daysRank 83rd of 110 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 98 nationally | 386 surgeries |
| Auburn Hospital | 64 daysRank 88th of 110 nationally | 1.1%Rank 32nd of 98 nationally | 374 surgeries |
| Shoalhaven Hospital | 64 daysRank 88th of 110 nationally | 6.1%Rank 74th of 98 nationally | 392 surgeries |
| Sydney Children's Hospital | 67 daysRank 90th of 110 nationally | 3.3%Rank 51st of 98 nationally | 391 surgeries |
| Belmont Hospital | 68 daysRank 91st of 110 nationally | 5.1%Rank 62nd of 98 nationally | 469 surgeries |
| Westmead Hospital | 68 daysRank 91st of 110 nationally | 16.0%Rank 94th of 98 nationally | 451 surgeries |
| Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 75 daysRank 96th of 110 nationally | 2.2%Rank 45th of 98 nationally | 408 surgeries |
| Dubbo Hospital | 94 daysRank 100th of 110 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 18 surgeries |
| Calvary Mater Newcastle | 107 daysRank 102nd of 110 nationally | 13.1%Rank 92nd of 98 nationally | 122 surgeries |
| Shellharbour Hospital | 121 daysRank 104th of 110 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 44 surgeries |
| Ryde Hospital | 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 | 8 surgeries |
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.
The charts show Australia and New South Wales.
- Australia
- New South Wales
Show the figures as a table
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| Financial year | Australia | New South Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 24 days | 32 days |
| 2012–13 | 24 days | 33 days |
| 2013–14 | 25 days | 35 days |
| 2014–15 | 23 days | 36 days |
| 2015–16 | 27 days | 39 days |
| 2016–17 | 27 days | 34 days |
| 2017–18 | 27 days | 33 days |
| 2018–19 | 26 days | 38 days |
| 2019–20 | 23 days | 28 days |
| 2020–21 | 24 days | 28 days |
| 2021–22 | 22 days | 23 days |
| 2022–23 | 25 days | 25 days |
| 2023–24 | 26 days | 29 days |
| 2024–25 | 26 days | 34 days |
All of Australia: Plastic surgery
Other states and territories
The same surgery in each state or territory with hospital figures.
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.
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Where this data comes from
- 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/