Breast reconstruction waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
The median wait for breast reconstruction at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of New South Wales was 13 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
- 13 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 34 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 10 days in 2023–24 to 13 days in 2024–25 — up 30% — while the national median fell from 149 days to 146 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 13 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 194 days | 16.5% | 272 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 146 days | 25.7% | 1192 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
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 96 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 118 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 137 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 113 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 103 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 136 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 10 | 127 | 149 |
| 2024–25 | 13 | 194 | 146 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · Breast reconstruction across Australia · Breast reconstruction in New South Wales