Surgery Waits

Mastectomy waiting time at Royal Hospital for Women

The median wait for mastectomy at this public hospital in the Randwick area of New South Wales was 22 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
22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
33 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 70 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 17 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Prince of Wales Hospital, about 0 km away, at 17 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Mastectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Hospital for Women22 daysnot published33 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)21 days1.8%1183 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)19 days1.9%4551 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for mastectomy by financial year at Royal Hospital for Women, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0132538502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Hospital for Women 22NSW 21Australia 19
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Mastectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Hospital for Women (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17171616
2017–18171816
2018–19132017
2019–20131817
2020–21502118
2021–22201917
2022–23132017
2023–24212119
2024–25222119

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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