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New South Wales: Category 2, semi-urgent

Surgery in category 2, semi-urgent, is recommended within 90 days of joining the waiting list. In New South Wales, 83 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 2, semi-urgent: public hospitals in New South Wales2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalTreated within the recommended timeMedian waitPatients treated
Calvary Mater Newcastle100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally40 daysRank 44th of 245 nationally534 surgeries
Canterbury Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally55 daysRank 112th of 245 nationally773 surgeries
Concord Repatriation Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally36 daysRank 34th of 245 nationally2,392 surgeries
Cooma Hospital and Health Service100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally41 daysRank 50th of 245 nationally57 surgeries
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally42 daysRank 56th of 245 nationally481 surgeries
Goulburn Base Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally37 daysRank 39th of 245 nationally554 surgeries
Lithgow Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally55 daysRank 112th of 245 nationally244 surgeries
Moruya Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally37 daysRank 39th of 245 nationally239 surgeries
Muswellbrook Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally54 daysRank 108th of 245 nationally236 surgeries
Narrabri Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally33 daysRank 29th of 245 nationally29 surgeries
Northern Beaches Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally62 daysRank 142nd of 245 nationally1,401 surgeries
Queanbeyan Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally35 daysRank 32nd of 245 nationally384 surgeries
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally24 daysRank 12th of 245 nationally3,608 surgeries
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally16 daysRank 5th of 245 nationally111 surgeries
Singleton Hospital100%Rank 1st of 245 nationally27 daysRank 19th of 245 nationally308 surgeries
Mount Druitt Hospital99%Rank 23rd of 245 nationally43 daysRank 62nd of 245 nationally665 surgeries
Ryde Hospital99%Rank 23rd of 245 nationally46 daysRank 71st of 245 nationally570 surgeries
South East Regional Hospital99%Rank 23rd of 245 nationally55 daysRank 112th of 245 nationally433 surgeries
Bowral Hospital98%Rank 29th of 245 nationally43 daysRank 62nd of 245 nationally490 surgeries
Casino and District Memorial Hospital98%Rank 29th of 245 nationally36 daysRank 34th of 245 nationally242 surgeries
The Children's Hospital at Westmead98%Rank 29th of 245 nationally48 daysRank 78th of 245 nationally1,491 surgeries
Tumut Hospital98%Rank 29th of 245 nationally57 daysRank 126th of 245 nationally40 surgeries
Armidale Hospital97%Rank 36th of 245 nationally55 daysRank 112th of 245 nationally442 surgeries
Ballina District Hospital97%Rank 36th of 245 nationally57 daysRank 126th of 245 nationally559 surgeries
Fairfield Hospital97%Rank 36th of 245 nationally54 daysRank 108th of 245 nationally485 surgeries
Griffith Base Hospital97%Rank 36th of 245 nationally48 daysRank 78th of 245 nationally560 surgeries
Mudgee Health Service96%Rank 44th of 245 nationally40 daysRank 44th of 245 nationally321 surgeries
Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone96%Rank 44th of 245 nationally42 daysRank 56th of 245 nationally72 surgeries
Lachlan Health Service - Parkes95%Rank 51st of 245 nationally51 daysRank 96th of 245 nationally104 surgeries
Tamworth Hospital94%Rank 58th of 245 nationally57 daysRank 126th of 245 nationally1,196 surgeries
Hawkesbury Hospital93%Rank 64th of 245 nationally44 daysRank 64th of 245 nationally759 surgeries
Auburn Hospital92%Rank 67th of 245 nationally48 daysRank 78th of 245 nationally1,311 surgeries
Blue Mountains Hospital92%Rank 67th of 245 nationally62 daysRank 142nd of 245 nationally521 surgeries
Kempsey District Hospital92%Rank 67th of 245 nationally74 daysRank 191st of 245 nationally577 surgeries
Royal Hospital for Women92%Rank 67th of 245 nationally47 daysRank 76th of 245 nationally935 surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]92%Rank 67th of 245 nationally48 daysRank 78th of 245 nationally1,264 surgeries
Bathurst Base Hospital91%Rank 75th of 245 nationally54 daysRank 108th of 245 nationally598 surgeries
Blacktown Hospital91%Rank 75th of 245 nationally59 daysRank 133rd of 245 nationally1,967 surgeries
Temora Hospital91%Rank 75th of 245 nationally62 daysRank 142nd of 245 nationally45 surgeries
Moree Hospital90%Rank 80th of 245 nationally22 daysRank 10th of 245 nationally111 surgeries
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital89%Rank 85th of 245 nationally60 daysRank 135th of 245 nationally1,117 surgeries
Cowra Health Service88%Rank 93rd of 245 nationally56 daysRank 119th of 245 nationally272 surgeries
Murwillumbah District Hospital88%Rank 93rd of 245 nationally52 daysRank 103rd of 245 nationally661 surgeries
Batemans Bay Hospital86%Rank 108th of 245 nationally63 daysRank 150th of 245 nationally119 surgeries
Coffs Harbour Hospital86%Rank 108th of 245 nationally56 daysRank 119th of 245 nationally1,132 surgeries
Prince of Wales Hospital86%Rank 108th of 245 nationally51 daysRank 96th of 245 nationally2,146 surgeries
Belmont Hospital85%Rank 114th of 245 nationally49 daysRank 85th of 245 nationally2,182 surgeries
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital85%Rank 114th of 245 nationally41 daysRank 50th of 245 nationally692 surgeries
Wyong Hospital85%Rank 114th of 245 nationally56 daysRank 119th of 245 nationally2,002 surgeries
Young Hospital85%Rank 114th of 245 nationally58 daysRank 130th of 245 nationally164 surgeries
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes84%Rank 120th of 245 nationally50 daysRank 91st of 245 nationally107 surgeries
Deniliquin Hospital83%Rank 121st of 245 nationally55 daysRank 112th of 245 nationally58 surgeries
Orange Health Service83%Rank 121st of 245 nationally72 daysRank 182nd of 245 nationally1,175 surgeries
Wagga Wagga Hospital83%Rank 121st of 245 nationally42 daysRank 56th of 245 nationally1,829 surgeries
Wollongong Hospital83%Rank 121st of 245 nationally46 daysRank 71st of 245 nationally2,589 surgeries
Sutherland Hospital81%Rank 128th of 245 nationally63 daysRank 150th of 245 nationally1,112 surgeries
Grafton Base Hospital80%Rank 133rd of 245 nationally67 daysRank 163rd of 245 nationally914 surgeries
Sydney Children's Hospital80%Rank 133rd of 245 nationally42 daysRank 56th of 245 nationally1,186 surgeries
Broken Hill Hospital79%Rank 135th of 245 nationally50 daysRank 91st of 245 nationally284 surgeries
Shellharbour Hospital78%Rank 140th of 245 nationally73 daysRank 188th of 245 nationally1,918 surgeries
The Tweed Hospital78%Rank 140th of 245 nationally63 daysRank 150th of 245 nationally1,958 surgeries
Dubbo Hospital77%Rank 143rd of 245 nationally71 daysRank 178th of 245 nationally1,304 surgeries
Port Macquarie Base Hospital76%Rank 147th of 245 nationally63 daysRank 150th of 245 nationally1,604 surgeries
Cessnock Hospital75%Rank 150th of 245 nationally61 daysRank 139th of 245 nationally392 surgeries
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital73%Rank 156th of 245 nationally70 daysRank 175th of 245 nationally2,027 surgeries
Nepean Hospital73%Rank 156th of 245 nationally62 daysRank 142nd of 245 nationally3,142 surgeries
Campbelltown Hospital71%Rank 162nd of 245 nationally75 daysRank 192nd of 245 nationally3,016 surgeries
Kurri Kurri Hospital68%Rank 172nd of 245 nationally68 daysRank 167th of 245 nationally988 surgeries
Liverpool Hospital68%Rank 172nd of 245 nationally61 daysRank 139th of 245 nationally3,604 surgeries
Shoalhaven Hospital68%Rank 172nd of 245 nationally56 daysRank 119th of 245 nationally1,319 surgeries
John Hunter Hospital66%Rank 179th of 245 nationally67 daysRank 163rd of 245 nationally2,203 surgeries
Maitland Hospital64%Rank 184th of 245 nationally68 daysRank 167th of 245 nationally871 surgeries
Westmead Hospital64%Rank 184th of 245 nationally69 daysRank 169th of 245 nationally4,959 surgeries
Gosford Hospital63%Rank 187th of 245 nationally77 daysRank 201st of 245 nationally2,297 surgeries
Royal North Shore Hospital63%Rank 187th of 245 nationally77 daysRank 201st of 245 nationally2,681 surgeries
Bourke Multi Purpose Service62%Rank 190th of 245 nationally73 daysRank 188th of 245 nationally45 surgeries
Lismore Base Hospital61%Rank 195th of 245 nationally82 daysRank 215th of 245 nationally2,072 surgeries
St George Hospital NSW61%Rank 195th of 245 nationally76 daysRank 193rd of 245 nationally2,316 surgeries
Cootamundra Hospital60%Rank 203rd of 245 nationally69 daysRank 169th of 245 nationally20 surgeries
Manning Hospital60%Rank 203rd of 245 nationally76 daysRank 193rd of 245 nationally818 surgeries
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital46%Rank 232nd of 245 nationally94 daysRank 231st of 245 nationally3,176 surgeries
Inverell Hospital33%Rank 243rd of 245 nationally139 daysRank 245th of 245 nationally93 surgeries
Macksville District Hospital33%Rank 243rd of 245 nationally113 daysRank 239th of 245 nationally473 surgeries
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 figure7 surgeries
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
Corowa 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
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 figure7 surgeries
Narrandera Hospitalnot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reportednot published: no patients reported

All of Australia: Category 2, semi-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.

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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/