Kidney removal
Kidney removal waiting times for planned surgery. Public hospitals that published a median wait in 2024–25: 57.
The source publishes this surgery as "Nephrectomy".
National figures
These figures cover every public hospital in Australia that reported this surgery. A national figure is never ranked.
- Median wait, Australia
- 30 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 0.6%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 2,721 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
By state and territory
The shortest median wait comes first. A state with no published median wait follows, in name order. Select a state to see its hospitals.
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| State or territory | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 26 days | 0.0% | 746 surgeries |
| South Australia | 28 days | 2.8% | 253 surgeries |
| Queensland | 30 days | 0.2% | 593 surgeries |
| New South Wales | 36 days | 0.8% | 746 surgeries |
| Western Australia | 37 days | 0.4% | 280 surgeries |
| Northern Territory | 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 | 22 surgeries |
| Tasmania | 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 | 81 surgeries |
Hospitals by median wait
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 7 daysRank 1st of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 10 surgeries |
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 14 daysRank 2nd of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 79 surgeries |
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 15 daysRank 3rd of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 30 surgeries |
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 15 daysRank 3rd of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 22 surgeries |
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 19 daysRank 5th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 107 surgeries |
| Casey Hospital | 19 daysRank 5th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 71 surgeries |
| Gold Coast University Hospital | 20 daysRank 7th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 87 surgeries |
| The Alfred | 21 daysRank 8th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 33 surgeries |
| Western Hospital [Footscray] | 22 daysRank 9th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 60 surgeries |
| Frankston Hospital | 23 daysRank 10th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 27 surgeries |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 23 daysRank 10th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 30 surgeries |
| Concord Repatriation Hospital | 24 daysRank 12th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 15 surgeries |
| Orange Health Service | 24 daysRank 12th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 11 surgeries |
| Box Hill Hospital | 26 daysRank 14th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 36 surgeries |
| Flinders Medical Centre | 26 daysRank 14th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 62 surgeries |
| Lyell McEwin Hospital | 26 daysRank 14th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 68 surgeries |
| Princess Alexandra Hospital | 26 daysRank 14th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 141 surgeries |
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 26 daysRank 14th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 47 surgeries |
| Wollongong Hospital | 27 daysRank 19th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 52 surgeries |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 28 daysRank 20th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 99 surgeries |
| St George Hospital NSW | 28 daysRank 20th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 29 surgeries |
| The Bendigo Hospital | 28 daysRank 20th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 21 surgeries |
| Toowoomba Hospital | 28 daysRank 20th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 25 surgeries |
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 28 daysRank 20th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 18 surgeries |
| Gosford Hospital | 29 daysRank 25th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 21 surgeries |
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 29 daysRank 25th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 61 surgeries |
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 30 daysRank 27th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 35 surgeries |
| Sunshine Coast University Hospital | 31 daysRank 28th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 59 surgeries |
| Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital | 32 daysRank 29th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 47 surgeries |
| Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | 32 daysRank 29th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 84 surgeries |
| Liverpool Hospital | 36 daysRank 31st of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 38 surgeries |
| Redcliffe Hospital | 36 daysRank 31st of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 37 surgeries |
| Launceston General Hospital | 37 daysRank 33rd of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 48 surgeries |
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 39 daysRank 34th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 80 surgeries |
| Campbelltown Hospital | 41 daysRank 35th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 14 surgeries |
| The Tweed Hospital | 41 daysRank 35th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 30 surgeries |
| Ipswich Hospital | 42 daysRank 37th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 13 surgeries |
| Fiona Stanley Hospital | 43 daysRank 38th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 122 surgeries |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 43 daysRank 38th of 57 nationally | 8.0%Rank 22nd of 22 nationally | 88 surgeries |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 44 daysRank 40th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 28 surgeries |
| Townsville University Hospital | 45 daysRank 41st of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 19 surgeries |
| Lismore Base Hospital | 49 daysRank 42nd of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 12 surgeries |
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 49 daysRank 42nd of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 62 surgeries |
| Osborne Park Hospital | 53 daysRank 44th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 19 surgeries |
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 58 daysRank 45th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 28 surgeries |
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 60 daysRank 46th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 11 surgeries |
| University Hospital Geelong | 66 daysRank 47th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 49 surgeries |
| Dubbo Hospital | 67 daysRank 48th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 15 surgeries |
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | 68 daysRank 49th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 63 surgeries |
| Cairns Hospital | 69 daysRank 50th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 20 surgeries |
| John Hunter Hospital | 69 daysRank 50th of 57 nationally | 2.9%Rank 21st of 22 nationally | 70 surgeries |
| Nepean Hospital | 73 daysRank 52nd of 57 nationally | 1.4%Rank 20th of 22 nationally | 70 surgeries |
| Westmead Hospital | 77 daysRank 53rd of 57 nationally | 0.9%Rank 19th of 22 nationally | 110 surgeries |
| Tamworth Hospital | 87 daysRank 54th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 14 surgeries |
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 88 daysRank 55th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 16 surgeries |
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 89 daysRank 56th of 57 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 33 surgeries |
| Mater Adult Hospital | 97 daysRank 57th of 57 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 22 nationally | 51 surgeries |
| Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] | 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 |
| Bankstown Lidcombe 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 | 5 surgeries |
| Blacktown 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 | 5 surgeries |
| Bunbury 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 | 6 surgeries |
| Calvary Mater Newcastle | 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 |
| Canterbury 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 | not published: too few patients |
| Coffs Harbour 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 | not published: too few patients |
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 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 |
| Hornsby Ku-ring-gai 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 | not published: too few patients |
| Joondalup Health Campus (Public) | 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 |
| Manning 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 |
| Modbury 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 | not published: too few patients |
| Northeast Health Wangaratta | 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 | 5 surgeries |
| Northern Beaches 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 | not published: too few patients |
| Perth Children's 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 | not published: too few patients |
| St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] | 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 | 6 surgeries |
| Sutherland 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 | not published: too few patients |
| Sydney Children's 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 | not published: too few patients |
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 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 |
| Women's and Children's 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 | 6 surgeries |
| Wyong 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 | 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.
The charts show Australia and the three states that treated the most patients in 2024–25.
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Victoria
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| Financial year | Australia | New South Wales | Queensland | Victoria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 26 days | 29 days | 25 days | 23 days |
| 2017–18 | 27 days | 29 days | 27 days | 23 days |
| 2018–19 | 28 days | 28 days | 28 days | 23 days |
| 2019–20 | 28 days | 28 days | 29 days | 22 days |
| 2020–21 | 29 days | 29 days | 30 days | 23 days |
| 2021–22 | 28 days | 31 days | 28 days | 22 days |
| 2022–23 | 30 days | 32 days | 30 days | 23 days |
| 2023–24 | 32 days | 44 days | 31 days | 23 days |
| 2024–25 | 30 days | 36 days | 30 days | 26 days |
Hospitals near a place
These pages list the public hospitals in and near one place that published a figure for this surgery.
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
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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/