Surgery Waits

Heart valve replacement waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

The median wait for heart valve replacement at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of New South Wales was 12 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
12 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
102 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 43 days in 2016–17 to 12 days in 2024–25 — down 72% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 4 km away, at 7 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Heart valve replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital12 days0.0%102 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)22 days0.0%574 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)33 days0.9%2205 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 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 heart valve replacement by financial year at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 12NSW 22Australia 33
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Heart valve replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17433525
2017–18843729
2018–19543728
2019–20503526
2020–21442827
2021–22343428
2022–23422129
2023–24212130
2024–25122233

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

All surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · Heart valve replacement across Australia · Heart valve replacement in New South Wales