Calvary Mater Newcastle surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Waratah area of New South Wales published median waits from 20 days for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection to 291 days for breast reconstruction.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Calvary Mater Newcastle is a public hospital in the Waratah area of New South Wales. It is part of Hunter New England. It reported 30 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 13 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
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Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | 20 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 21 days | 180 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Axillary node dissection | 24 days | 28 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 26 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | 29 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy | 31 days | 34 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 31 days | 366 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Mastectomy | 35 days | 73 surgeries | 2.7% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 66 days | 56 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Herniorrhaphy | 68 days | 69 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 87 days | 97 surgeries | 1.0% |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of | 156 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Scar revision | 214 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Breast reconstruction | 291 days | 30 surgeries | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast reduction | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | not published | not published | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Nephrectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Parathyroidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Pleurodesis | not published | not published | not published |
| Radical neck dissection | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia | not published | not published | not published |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Carpal tunnel release last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cerebral haematoma - evacuation of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Fundoplication last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ganglion - excision of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 13 days | 100% | 466 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 40 days | 100% | 534 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 157 days | 94% | 295 surgeries |
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In 2024–25, Calvary Mater Newcastle published median planned-surgery waits from 20 days for colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection to 291 days for breast reconstruction.
Copy-ready citation
Surgery Waits, "Calvary Mater Newcastle wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/calvary-mater-newcastle/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/calvary-mater-newcastle/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.