Hysterectomy waiting time at Blue Mountains Hospital
The median wait for hysterectomy — published by the source as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Leura area of New South Wales was 345 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 345 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 74 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 23.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 120 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2011–12 to 345 days in 2024–25 — up 2364% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hawkesbury Hospital, about 47 km away, at 278 days. Here, 23.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountains Hospital | 345 days | 23.0% | 74 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 99 days | 12.2% | 2971 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 7.4% | 9163 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Blue Mountains Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Blue Mountains Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 14 | 57 | 53 |
| 2012–13 | 42 | 60 | 53 |
| 2013–14 | 64 | 55 | 52 |
| 2014–15 | 128 | 60 | 55 |
| 2015–16 | 121 | 62 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 75 | 64 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | 95 | 66 | 57 |
| 2018–19 | 74 | 69 | 61 |
| 2019–20 | 78 | 71 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 153 | 96 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 202 | 81 | 74 |
| 2022–23 | 111 | 101 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 176 | 96 | 77 |
| 2024–25 | 345 | 99 | 74 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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