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New South Wales: Category 1, urgent

Surgery in category 1, urgent, is recommended within 30 days of joining the waiting list. In New South Wales, 77 public hospitals published a share treated on time in 2024–25.

Your treating specialist assigns the category after assessing you. The recommended time is a target.

Hospitals in New South Wales

The highest share treated within the recommended time comes first. A hospital with no published share 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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Category 1, urgent: public hospitals in New South Wales2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalTreated within the recommended timeMedian waitPatients treated
Auburn Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally360 surgeries
Ballina District Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally15 daysRank 131st of 234 nationally243 surgeries
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally18 daysRank 167th of 234 nationally938 surgeries
Blacktown Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally20 daysRank 185th of 234 nationally677 surgeries
Bowral Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally269 surgeries
Calvary Mater Newcastle100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally466 surgeries
Campbelltown Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally21 daysRank 193rd of 234 nationally456 surgeries
Canterbury Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally16 daysRank 147th of 234 nationally304 surgeries
Coffs Harbour Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally16 daysRank 147th of 234 nationally756 surgeries
Concord Repatriation Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally6 daysRank 15th of 234 nationally1,812 surgeries
Cooma Hospital and Health Service100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally5 daysRank 8th of 234 nationally12 surgeries
Deniliquin Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally15 daysRank 131st of 234 nationally49 surgeries
Dubbo Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally16 daysRank 147th of 234 nationally813 surgeries
Fairfield Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally19 daysRank 177th of 234 nationally215 surgeries
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally20 daysRank 185th of 234 nationally49 surgeries
Griffith Base Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally387 surgeries
Hawkesbury Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally386 surgeries
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally442 surgeries
John Hunter Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally6 daysRank 15th of 234 nationally2,807 surgeries
Kurri Kurri Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally246 surgeries
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally8 daysRank 29th of 234 nationally22 surgeries
Lachlan Health Service - Parkes100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally20 daysRank 185th of 234 nationally22 surgeries
Lithgow Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally18 daysRank 167th of 234 nationally91 surgeries
Liverpool Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally1,981 surgeries
Moree Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally8 daysRank 29th of 234 nationally54 surgeries
Mount Druitt Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally15 daysRank 131st of 234 nationally238 surgeries
Mudgee Health Service100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally76 surgeries
Nepean Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally1,916 surgeries
Northern Beaches Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally10 daysRank 56th of 234 nationally1,083 surgeries
Orange Health Service100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally893 surgeries
Port Macquarie Base Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally919 surgeries
Queanbeyan Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally92 surgeries
Royal Hospital for Women100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally11 daysRank 64th of 234 nationally563 surgeries
Royal North Shore Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally12 daysRank 73rd of 234 nationally2,081 surgeries
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally6 daysRank 15th of 234 nationally3,005 surgeries
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally5 daysRank 8th of 234 nationally102 surgeries
Ryde Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally176 surgeries
Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally12 daysRank 73rd of 234 nationally16 surgeries
Shoalhaven Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally19 daysRank 177th of 234 nationally564 surgeries
Singleton Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally8 daysRank 29th of 234 nationally31 surgeries
South East Regional Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally16 daysRank 147th of 234 nationally259 surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally7 daysRank 21st of 234 nationally1,562 surgeries
Sutherland Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally21 daysRank 193rd of 234 nationally314 surgeries
Sydney Children's Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally6 daysRank 15th of 234 nationally873 surgeries
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally580 surgeries
Temora Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally8 daysRank 29th of 234 nationally11 surgeries
The Children's Hospital at Westmead100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally5 daysRank 8th of 234 nationally1,639 surgeries
Wagga Wagga Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally12 daysRank 73rd of 234 nationally1,302 surgeries
Westmead Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally3,321 surgeries
Wollongong Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally7 daysRank 21st of 234 nationally2,727 surgeries
Armidale Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally19 daysRank 177th of 234 nationally157 surgeries
Belmont Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally17 daysRank 160th of 234 nationally951 surgeries
Blue Mountains Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally21 daysRank 193rd of 234 nationally99 surgeries
Cessnock Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally16 daysRank 147th of 234 nationally159 surgeries
Goulburn Base Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally15 daysRank 131st of 234 nationally198 surgeries
Maitland Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally12 daysRank 73rd of 234 nationally449 surgeries
Manning Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally22 daysRank 208th of 234 nationally506 surgeries
Moruya Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally18 daysRank 167th of 234 nationally258 surgeries
Muswellbrook Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally97 surgeries
Prince of Wales Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally1,755 surgeries
Shellharbour Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally21 daysRank 193rd of 234 nationally347 surgeries
Tamworth Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally760 surgeries
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital99%Rank 107th of 234 nationally11 daysRank 64th of 234 nationally201 surgeries
Kempsey District Hospital98%Rank 124th of 234 nationally15 daysRank 131st of 234 nationally101 surgeries
St George Hospital NSW98%Rank 124th of 234 nationally16 daysRank 147th of 234 nationally2,137 surgeries
Wyong Hospital98%Rank 124th of 234 nationally17 daysRank 160th of 234 nationally455 surgeries
Young Hospital98%Rank 124th of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally49 surgeries
Bathurst Base Hospital97%Rank 134th of 234 nationally16 daysRank 147th of 234 nationally284 surgeries
Gosford Hospital96%Rank 139th of 234 nationally17 daysRank 160th of 234 nationally1,611 surgeries
Murwillumbah District Hospital95%Rank 144th of 234 nationally17 daysRank 160th of 234 nationally63 surgeries
Casino and District Memorial Hospital94%Rank 152nd of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally86 surgeries
The Tweed Hospital94%Rank 152nd of 234 nationally18 daysRank 167th of 234 nationally863 surgeries
Cowra Health Service93%Rank 157th of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally83 surgeries
Grafton Base Hospital93%Rank 157th of 234 nationally22 daysRank 208th of 234 nationally426 surgeries
Macksville District Hospital93%Rank 157th of 234 nationally21 daysRank 193rd of 234 nationally14 surgeries
Broken Hill Hospital91%Rank 175th of 234 nationally19 daysRank 177th of 234 nationally79 surgeries
Lismore Base Hospital87%Rank 191st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally1,654 surgeries
Batemans Bay Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Bellinger River District Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Bourke Multi Purpose Servicenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Coonabarabran Health Servicenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Cootamundra Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Corowa Health Servicenot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reported
Glen Innes Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Gunnedah Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Inverell Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Narrabri Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients
Narrandera Hospitalnot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reported
Tumut Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure8 surgeries

All of Australia: Category 1, urgent

New South Wales: planned surgery waiting times

Other urgency categories

Each link opens the same figures for one of the other two categories.

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
    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/