Coronary artery bypass grafting waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for coronary artery bypass grafting in Australian public hospitals was 19 days in 2024–25 — from 1 day at Wollongong Hospital to 74 days at Liverpool Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for coronary artery bypass grafting in public hospitals was 19 days in 2024–25, from 2719 surgeries. 0.1% of people waited more than 365 days. 23 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queensland | 11 days | 0.0% | 544 surgeries |
| 2 | Victoria | 18 days | 0.1% | 695 surgeries |
| 3 | New South Wales | 19 days | 0.0% | 923 surgeries |
| 4 | Western Australia | 22 days | 0.4% | 230 surgeries |
| 5 | South Australia | 28 days | 0.0% | 237 surgeries |
| unranked | Tasmania | not published | not published | 90 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- QLD
- VIC
- NSW
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | QLD (days) | VIC (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 23 |
| 2012–13 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 2013–14 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 25 |
| 2014–15 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 27 |
| 2015–16 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 27 |
| 2016–17 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 32 |
| 2018–19 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 34 |
| 2019–20 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 25 |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 26 |
| 2021–22 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 18 |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 18 |
| 2024–25 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 19 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for coronary artery bypass grafting in a public hospital?
The national median was 19 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 11 days in Queensland to 28 days in South Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for coronary artery bypass grafting?
Of the 23 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Wollongong Hospital reported the shortest (1 day) and Liverpool Hospital the longest (74 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
0.1% of people who had coronary artery bypass grafting in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
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The national median wait for coronary artery bypass grafting in Australian public hospitals was 19 days in 2024–25, from 1 day at Wollongong Hospital to 74 days at Liverpool Hospital.
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Surgery Waits, "Coronary artery bypass grafting waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/coronary-artery-bypass-grafting/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/coronary-artery-bypass-grafting/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/coronary-artery-bypass-grafting.svg" width="720" height="318" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Coronary artery bypass grafting by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.