Hysterectomy waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for hysterectomy in Australian public hospitals was 74 days in 2024–25 — from 8 days at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to 389 days at Albany Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for hysterectomy in public hospitals was 74 days in 2024–25, from 9163 surgeries. 7.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 126 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 50 days | 2.7% | 2957 surgeries |
| 2 | Western Australia | 64 days | 5.3% | 1043 surgeries |
| 3 | Tasmania | 77 days | 6.7% | 298 surgeries |
| 4 | South Australia | 80 days | 9.3% | 819 surgeries |
| 5 | Queensland | 84 days | 8.3% | 904 surgeries |
| 6 | New South Wales | 99 days | 12.2% | 2971 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | 80 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 91 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- WA
- TAS
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | WA (days) | TAS (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 53 | 57 | 39 | 53 |
| 2012–13 | 53 | 60 | 35 | 70 |
| 2013–14 | 52 | 63 | 33 | 71 |
| 2014–15 | 55 | 51 | 38 | 86 |
| 2015–16 | 52 | 48 | 36 | 110 |
| 2016–17 | 55 | 44 | 43 | 77 |
| 2017–18 | 57 | 45 | 48 | 62 |
| 2018–19 | 61 | 49 | 51 | 134 |
| 2019–20 | 63 | 48 | 52 | 164 |
| 2020–21 | 80 | 70 | 73 | 121 |
| 2021–22 | 74 | 50 | 69 | 174 |
| 2022–23 | 84 | 78 | 59 | 98 |
| 2023–24 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 65 |
| 2024–25 | 74 | 50 | 64 | 77 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for hysterectomy in a public hospital?
The national median was 74 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 50 days in Victoria to 99 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for hysterectomy?
Of the 126 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre reported the shortest (8 days) and Albany Hospital the longest (389 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
7.4% of people who had hysterectomy in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
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The national median wait for hysterectomy in Australian public hospitals was 74 days in 2024–25, from 8 days at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to 389 days at Albany Hospital.
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Surgery Waits, "Hysterectomy waiting list: wait times by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hysterectomy/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/hysterectomy/), 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/hysterectomy.svg" width="720" height="352" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Hysterectomy 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.